The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating and service connection for various skin disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a higher disability rating or establish a link between the claimed conditions and his military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record did not persuasively show that the Veteran's skin disabilities began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease, including herbicide exposure in Vietnam. The manifestations of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation from dermatomyositis most closely approximated the schedular criteria for a 10 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation from dermatomyositis, Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, Chronic urticaria, Seborrheic dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- 25013517
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,081 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Granted
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