The Board has determined that the veteran's scar on his right leg does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating based on its size, stability, or pain.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any poorly nourished ulceration, instability, or limitation of function due to the scar.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2002
- Citation
- 0218493
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