The Board has granted service connection for facial acne with residual scars as if it were awarded on the date of the July 1982 rating decision. The noncompensable rating for hydradenitis of the groin remains under review.
The deciding factor: The implicit denial in the July 1982 rating decision was based on clear and unmistakable error, as there is evidence indicating chronic facial acne during service that continued to cause disability when the Veteran claimed entitlement to a skin disorder in 1982.
- Claimed conditions
- Facial acne, Residual scars from facial acne
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19196828
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