The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent, but not higher, for pseudofolliculitis barbae with facial scarring effective May 28, 2020.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had four or five characteristics of disfigurement, warranting a 50 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7800.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudofolliculitis barbae with facial scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24070128
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to October 30, 2023. The Board found that the Veteran is precluded from substantial gainful employment due to his functional limitations caused by multiple service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's pseudofolliculitis barbae with facial scarring has been rated at 30 percent, which is the maximum rating available under current regulations. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the characteristics of disfigurement or instability.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and compensation for pseudofolliculitis barbae with facial scarring, right knee degenerative joint disease, and left knee degenerative joint disease. The earliest effective date that can be assigned is November 19, 2002.
- 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.
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