The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae, but remanded the claim for a right shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed characteristic lesions involving less than five percent of the entire body and no more than topical therapy required during the past 12 months, which met the criteria for a noncompensable rating under DC 7813. However, the Board granted a 10 percent rating based on the application of other skin diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudofolliculitis barbae
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002865
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