The Board granted service connection for a tender and painful scar on the right shoulder, but denied claims for back injury and cholecystectomy/appendectomy. The cholecystectomy/appendectomy was initially rated at 10 percent effective February 10, 1999.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms of a tender and painful scar were found to be related to his service-connected cholecystectomy/appendectomy, while the claims for back injury and cholecystectomy/appendectomy were denied due to lack of evidence supporting these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- back injury, right hand numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0003935
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