The Board has granted a rating of 10 percent for the Veteran's status post furuncles, effective from August 5, 2019. The disability affects more than 5 percent but less than 20 percent of her entire body and exposed areas.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's skin condition affected more than 5 percent but less than 20 percent of her total body area and exposed areas during the appeal period, warranting a 10% rating under DC 7820.
- Claimed conditions
- furuncles
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
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- Decision date
- August 23, 2022
- Citation
- A22016796
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's furuncle disability rating was reduced from 30 percent to 0 percent effective July 28, 2020. The Board has determined that this reduction was not proper and restored the original 30 percent rating.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several claims due to the addition of new evidence after a Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC). The claims include increased ratings for left lower extremity radiculopathy and psoriasis, service connection for erectile dysfunction, lichen simplex, urticaria, and furuncles, as well as TDIU.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an effective date earlier than March 16, 2022, for a 30 percent rating for his skin disability (eczema and furuncles), finding that no earlier evidence satisfied the criteria for this rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim to reopen service connection for carbuncles is granted, but the case is remanded for further development and medical opinion regarding the etiology of his current skin disorder.
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