Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and remanded the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The condition was manifested by painful, raised lesions on the face that more approximated five or more painful scars of the face and neck.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudofolliculitis barbae
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25014639
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