The Board has granted increased ratings of 10 percent for the veteran's service-connected scar, left upper arm, with retained foreign body and chondromalacia patella, right. These conditions are rated based on their direct impact without any presumption or secondary connection.
The deciding factor: Both conditions have been found to meet the criteria for a 10% evaluation under the applicable rating schedule codes.
- Claimed conditions
- scar, left upper arm, with retained foreign body, chondromalacia patella, right
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0019780
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