The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's midfrontal forehead scar, finding it not more than moderately disfiguring and thus not warranting a higher evaluation.
The deciding factor: The midfrontal forehead scar was found to be moderately disfiguring but did not meet criteria for severer disfigurement or additional characteristics of disfigurement as per the revised rating schedule.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple Facial Scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2003
- Citation
- 0307637
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,547 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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