The Board found that the residuals of the veteran's service-connected shell fragment wound to the face warranted a 10 percent disability rating prior to August 30, 2002. Effective no earlier than August 30, 2002, the residuals are rated at 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the veteran's scar was tender and painful on examination, with an area of elevation and depression in contour, adherent to underlying tissue, hypo-pigmented, and indurated. These characteristics met the criteria for a 10% rating under Diagnostic Code 7804.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound to the face
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 16, 2002
- Citation
- 0218169
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