The Board has granted service connection for PFB and assigned a noncompensable initial evaluation for the right shoulder scar. The appellant's PFB is considered chronic and was first manifested during his active military service. For the right shoulder scars, the Board found them tender to palpation but did not find any limitation of function or soft tissue damage that would warrant a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The clinical findings demonstrated tender scarring on the right shoulder without evidence of underlying soft tissue damage or limitation of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- Pseudofolliculitis Barbae (PFB), Residual surgical scarring of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0614687
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