The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected Hailey-Hailey disease was a contributing factor to his right leg below the knee amputation, and thus secondary service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The treating dermatologist provided evidence showing that the Veteran's repeated chronic tendency to secondary infection as the result of breakdown of the skin during flare-ups of his Hailey-Hailey disease was a contributing factor to his right leg below the knee amputation.
- Claimed conditions
- Hailey-Hailey disease, right leg below the knee amputation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2016
- Citation
- 1629995
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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