The Board has determined that the veteran's scars of the right shoulder, head, and chest were not incurred in or aggravated by active military service. The veteran's sole service-connected disability, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is sufficient to preclude his participation in all forms of substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the scars are related to any incident during the veteran's period of active military service and the Board finds no other basis for granting service connection. The veteran's PTSD, when considered with his education and occupational experience, is sufficient to preclude participation in all forms of substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- scars of the right shoulder, scars of the head, scars of the chest
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0616205
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Decisions by this judge: 1,738 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an increased 40 percent rating for the right shoulder condition and a 20 percent rating for scars of the right shoulder, but denied an initial compensable rating for residuals of testicular torsion.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of March 28, 2023 for the award of a 50 percent rating for chronic headaches and a 10 percent rating for scars of the head, but denied ratings in excess of these amounts. The Board also granted service connection for painful scars of the head with an effective date of March 28, 2023.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands all service connection claims for further development, specifically to provide the veteran with adequate VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded because the VA did not provide the veteran with a copy of their medical examination report before making a decision. The case will be reviewed again after the veteran receives this document.
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