The Board granted earlier effective dates of May 18, 2017, for the grant of service connection for painful post inflammatory scarring of the bilateral lower extremities, right lower extremity, and left lower extremity, secondary to infectious folliculitis.

The deciding factor: The Veteran continuously pursued his claim for increased rating for infectious folliculitis with molluscum tinea since May 2017, which included a claim for scarring. The effective date should be the date of receipt of the supplemental claim, May 18, 2017.

Claimed conditions

painful post inflammatory scarring of the bilateral lower extremities, post inflammatory scarring of the right lower extremity, post inflammatory scarring of the left lower extremity

How they argued it

Secondary to another service-connected condition

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 7, 2025

Citation

A25011807

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