The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that his scars did not meet criteria for higher ratings and that there was insufficient evidence to establish a secondary service connection for a heart disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and medical records provided no evidence of more than three characteristics of disfigurement or significant functional impairment in the veteran's scars. The Board also found insufficient evidence to support a secondary service connection for a heart disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Right cheek scar, Chin scar, Right shoulder scar, Residuals of a right forearm shell fragment wound (including a scar and ulnar nerve impairment), Left leg gunshot wound
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0604701
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Decisions by this judge: 2,699 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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