The Veteran's dyshidrotic eczema of the feet is rated as noncompensable, with less than 5% affected area and no systemic therapy required.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show that at least 5 percent of the entire body or at least 5 percent of the exposed areas are affected, or that the Veteran required intermittent systemic therapy such as corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive drugs for a total duration of less than six weeks during the past 12-month period.
- Claimed conditions
- dyshidrotic eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20066186
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
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