The Veteran's claim for a separate rating for recurrent boils on the buttocks area and his TDIU claim have been denied. The Board found that the symptoms of the boils overlapped with those considered in his existing cyst excision rating, resulting in pyramiding. His skin conditions do not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's recurrent boils on the buttocks are part of the same disease process as his perianal abscesses, leading to overlapping symptomatology that would result in pyramiding if rated separately.
- Claimed conditions
- boils on buttocks, perianal abscesses, steatocystoma multiplex
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19149380
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and initial compensable ratings, as well as service connection for various conditions, except for a scar related to a laminectomy which was granted with an effective date of March 22, 2021.
- Denied
The Veteran's TDIU claim was denied prior to May 1, 2021 due to his ability to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation. From May 1, 2021, the Veteran is granted a TDIU based solely on service-connected steatocystoma multiplex.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for further development due to inadequate opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's recurrent boils of the buttocks. The TDIU claim is also remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the rating claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a separate rating for recurrent boils of the buttocks area and entitlement to TDIU due to inadequate medical opinions in previous decisions. The case is being returned to the AOJ for further development, including obtaining an adequate medical examination and opinion.
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