For the entire appeal period, the service-connected dyshidrosis of the feet required more than topical therapy and affected less than 20 percent of the total body area. The Board found that a rating higher than 10 percent was not warranted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's dyshidrosis of the feet required oral Lamisil medication for four months in the past twelve months, affecting more than 5 percent but less than 20 percent of the entire body area. The disability did not meet criteria for a higher rating under any diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- dyshidrosis of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 13, 2016
- Citation
- 1635773
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