The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected scar of the right hand does not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation, as it is a very small and asymptomatic superficial scar.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show any symptoms or functional impairment related to the scar, and thus did not satisfy the criteria for a 10% rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- scar of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- August 4, 2005
- Citation
- 0521128
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