The Veteran's service-connected pustular acne is granted, but his bilateral hearing loss disability remains denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection for pustular acne was established based on credible lay statements and combat provisions of the law.
- Claimed conditions
- pustular acne
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23001413
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,836 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for pustular acne, stating that the evidence did not support a rating higher than 10 percent.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, characterized as degenerative arthritis and disc disease of the lumbar spine. The Veteran's claims seeking increased ratings for pustular acne and Baker's cysts in the left knee have been dismissed due to withdrawal by the Veteran.
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