The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's hidradenitis suppurativa, finding that his condition affected less than 20% of his body or exposed areas and did not require systemic therapy.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the Veteran’s hidradenitis suppurativa affected approximately 5 to 20 percent of his exposed or affected areas, and he did not require systemic therapy such as corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs.
- Claimed conditions
- hidradenitis suppurativa
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20038252
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's hidradenitis suppurativa is rated at 10 percent, which does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under VA regulations.,The Veteran's tension headaches do not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating as there are no characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over the last several months.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hidradenitis suppurativa, a cyst condition that the Veteran first experienced during active duty in 2008. The decision is based on the Veteran's competent lay testimony and medical evidence showing current disability and continuity of symptoms since service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal regarding the denial of service connection for hidradenitis suppurativa, a bilateral armpit disability, in a June 2016 rating decision is dismissed due to procedural defects.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's hidradenitis suppurativa is granted a 60 percent disability rating, effective from the date of the decision. The claim for TDIU has been remanded.
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