The veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for verruca vulgaris prior to January 1, 2019 was denied. However, the veteran was granted a 30 percent disability rating for verruca vulgaris from January 1, 2019 and a 30 percent rating for verruca vulgaris scars from December 13, 2019.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the severity and characteristics of the veteran's skin condition as described in medical examinations and affidavits.
- Claimed conditions
- verruca vulgaris, verruca vulgaris scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25008027
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,934 · Granted: 41% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for multiple conditions and denied higher initial ratings for several service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 16, 2014, for the award of service connection for verruca vulgaris scars.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for functional abdominal pain syndrome, a headache disorder, dyspnea, left elbow disorder, left wrist disorder, right wrist disorder, left knee disorder, and right foot plantar fasciitis. The Board denied an initial compensable rating for verruca vulgaris and bilateral hand scars. The Board remanded the claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Partly granted
The Board denied higher ratings for urinary incontinence and left ear hearing loss, denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and verruca vulgaris, denied an earlier effective date for tinnitus, but granted TDIU from April 5, 2022.
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