The VA denied an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for a surgical scar of the right ankle, as the evidence did not show marked limitation of motion or other factors warranting a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's scar was found to be superficial and non-limiting, with no significant functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- surgical scar of the right ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 16, 2005
- Citation
- 0522282
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's initial 10 percent rating for a surgical scar of the right ankle is granted. The Board also remanded two issues: service connection for a right knee disorder (secondary to the service-connected residuals of fracture of the right ankle) and an earlier effective date for the 10 percent rating for the service-connected residuals of fracture of the right ankle.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and considering the issues of increased evaluation for right ankle disability on both schedular and extraschedular bases, as well as a compensable initial rating for a surgical scar of the right ankle. The TDIU issue remains inextricably intertwined with these other claims.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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