The veteran is granted an effective date of July 25, 2000 for a 10 percent evaluation for his service-connected scar of the left arm.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established that the veteran had symptoms of a tender and painful scar in the year prior to July 25, 2001, warranting a separate 10% rating.
- Claimed conditions
- scar of the left arm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2002
- Citation
- 0218637
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