The Veteran's pseudofolliculitis barbae with scarring is currently rated at 30 percent, and the claim for an increased evaluation remains denied. The effective date of September 10, 2018 has also been denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating as he does not have more than 40% of his entire body affected by pseudofolliculitis barbae with scarring and does not require systemic therapy such as corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive drugs.
- Claimed conditions
- Pseudofolliculitis Barbae with Scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2023
- Citation
- A23035361
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's PFB with scarring was granted a 30 percent rating prior to June 23, 2016. From that date onwards, the claim for higher ratings was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded the issues of service connection for left shoulder disorder, right shoulder disorder, degenerative arthritis of the neck, and initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for left knee tendonitis and right knee tendonitis. The Veteran's facial scarring is rated as a disfigurement with one characteristic of disfigurement warranting a 10% rating. Service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae with scarring has been granted but no compensable rating assigned.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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