The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for lentigo, but no higher.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lentigo was found to be manifested by characteristic lesions involving less than five percent of his total body area and less than five percent of his exposed areas affected, with intermittent systemic therapy required for a total duration of less than six weeks over the prior 12-month period.
- Claimed conditions
- lentigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088717
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Decisions by this judge: 916 · Granted: 40% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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