The Veteran's PFB-related anterior neck scarring is rated at 30 percent disabling, effective October 4, 2021. A separate rating of 10 percent for a painful scar associated with the PFB is also granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran had one stable painful scar from his PFB-related neck scarring, which met the criteria for a 30 percent rating under DC 7800 and a separate 10 percent rating under DC 7804.
- Claimed conditions
- Pseudofolliculitis Barbae (PFB) with neck scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24069580
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 715 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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