The Veteran's pruritis with dermatographism, affecting the torso and extremities, has been rated at 60 percent since October 5, 2009, to March 21, 2022.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran required constant or near-constant systemic antihistamine treatment for her pruritis with dermatographism, which is considered a form of systemic therapy under the new rating criteria effective August 13, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- pruritis with dermatographism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- July 21, 2022
- Citation
- 22041650
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- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for an increased disability rating for her service-connected skin condition (pruritis with dermatographism) was denied. The Board found that the Veteran is not entitled to a higher rating based on the current evidence of record, which includes treatment records and examination reports indicating that her skin condition affects less than 20% of her total body area.
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