The Veteran's service-connected folliculitis barbae (FB) has been granted an initial rating of 60 percent, effective from the date of award.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's constant use of corticosteroid immunosuppressant treatment for his FB affected the body as a whole, meeting the criteria for a 60 percent rating under the prior version of DC 7806.
- Claimed conditions
- folliculitis barbae
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24002002
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Decisions by this judge: 1,820 · Granted: 26% (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
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