The Veteran is granted an effective date of September 9, 2013 for a 60 percent disability rating for service-connected tinea corpora.
The deciding factor: The severity of the Veteran's tinea corpora increased to meet the criteria for a 60 percent disability rating prior to his September 9, 2014 claim and affording him the benefit of reasonable doubt, it was factually ascertainable that he met this criterion as early as September 9, 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- tinea corpora
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 20, 2018
- Citation
- 18159689
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What this means for you
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