The VA has granted an initial 10 percent rating for service-connected residuals of a burn on the right hand, effective from May 1984 (when service connection was established).
The deciding factor: The veteran's pain and tenderness on objective demonstration met the criteria for a 10 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 7804.
- Claimed conditions
- Burns
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 19, 2001
- Citation
- 0111377
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