The Board denied an initial disability rating greater than 10 percent for service-connected pseudofolliculitis barbae.
The deciding factor: Throughout the period on appeal, the Veteran's PFB manifested in characteristic lesions involving at least 5 percent, but less than 20 percent, of the entire body affected; or at least 5 percent, but less than 20 percent, of exposed areas affected. This did not meet the criteria for a rating higher than 10 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudofolliculitis barbae
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019740
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