The Board granted a rating of 30 percent for the veteran's keloid scars, effective June 19, 2000. The effective date was set at June 19, 1998.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examination revealed marked disfigurement due to the keloid scars on the upper back, warranting a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7899-7806.
- Claimed conditions
- keloid scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0122361
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for folliculitis, inguinal abscess, and other conditions, and remanded claims for rash, tinea cruris, and keloid scars. The 30 percent rating for acanthosis nigricans, diabetic dermopathy, and necrobiosis lipoidica was restored.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's chest keloid scars have been granted a 30 percent disability rating, effective May 27, 2019.,The appeal for an earlier effective date for the Veteran's chest keloid scars has been dismissed.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for multiple myeloma is granted. The Board also grants service connection for anxiety, bone pain, depression, erectile dysfunction, joint pain, keloid scars, left upper and lower extremity conditions, and right upper and lower extremity conditions as secondary to multiple myeloma.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities combine to an 80 percent evaluation, but he does not have an employment handicap for VA vocational rehabilitation purposes and is therefore denied VR&E benefits.
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