Denied
The appeal was denied for service connection and rating issues related to left upper back/scapular pain, migraine headache, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), and sinusitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a current disability or that the outcome would have been manifestly different but for the identified factual errors in the prior rating decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper back/scapular pain, migraine headache, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- 25002551
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