The Board granted the veteran's claims for service connection for facial, chest, and back scars as residuals of basal cell carcinoma. The RO assigned a 10 percent rating for the facial scars and noncompensable ratings for the chest and back scars.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations showed that the veteran had multiple basal cell carcinomas on his face, chest, and back which were treated with excisions and resulted in residual scars. The VA examiner opined that these scars were related to chronic sun exposure during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- facial scars, chest scar, back scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0415594
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