The Board denied an increased rating for a tender and painful scar on the left tibia, finding that the condition did not meet criteria for a higher evaluation.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected postoperative tender and painful scar was found to be productive of pain and numbness but without ulceration or limitation of function beyond muscle and nerve injuries separately rated.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative tender and painful scar, chronic synovitis, ligament laxity of the left ankle, common peroneal neuropathy with probable neuroma of the superficial peroneal nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 31, 2002
- Citation
- 0205656
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