The Veteran is granted an effective date of October 5, 2010 for the assignment of a 60 percent evaluation for contact dermatitis with keloidal scarring.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's symptoms were worsening and more closely approximated a 60 percent evaluation since October 5, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- contact dermatitis, keloidal scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 19, 2018
- Citation
- 1803619
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for several service-connected conditions, granted a 20 percent rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy, and remanded other issues.
- Partly granted
The Board granted initial ratings of 30 percent for trigeminal neuralgia and 40 percent for both left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, but denied an increased rating for contact dermatitis. An earlier effective date was also granted for the right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal requests for the specified rating decisions were denied as they were not timely filed, and good cause was not shown to accept late filings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected contact dermatitis to correct a duty to assist error.
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