The Board has restored the original 30 percent rating for seborrheic keratosis and pruritis, finding that the reduction from 30 to zero percent was void ab initio due to failure to apply applicable regulations. The Veteran is now rated at 60 percent for this condition.
The deciding factor: The RO failed to apply the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.344 in its rating reduction, rendering the decision void ab initio.
- Claimed conditions
- Seborrheic keratosis, Pruritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2016
- Citation
- 1643256
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's original 60% disability rating for seborrheic keratosis, effective November 1, 2020, as the reduction was improper due to insufficient evidence of sustained improvement in his condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for a skin disability, to include basal cell carcinoma, actinic keratosis, stucco keratosis, and seborrheic keratosis, as well as a right thoracic back circular scar, to include as secondary to treatment for basal cell carcinoma.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's skin conditions are directly related to service, including exposure to Agent Orange. The AOJ is instructed to obtain a medical opinion addressing this issue.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for seborrheic keratosis due to discrepancies in the extent of affected areas and outstanding private treatment records. The case will be readjudicated with consideration of both former and revised rating criteria.
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