The Veteran's PFB has been rated at 10 percent since the rating period on appeal, which is the maximum schedular rating available for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PFB does not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudo folliculitis barbae (PFB)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1733144
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed due to their death.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for a cervical spine condition, low back condition, hemorrhoids, sleep apnea, chronic constipation, and pseudo folliculitis barbae (PFB).
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for asthma and pseudo folliculitis barbae (PFB) was dismissed due to the Veteran's concurrent election of review options.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for left knee and right hand disabilities were dismissed due to the Veteran withdrawing his appeals. The appeal for acquired psychiatric disability is remanded, and the appeal for PFB is also remanded.
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