The Board has granted service connection for a scar on the forehead, but denied an initial compensable disability rating.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on direct evidence of the condition's existence during service. However, no compensable rating could be assigned as there is no indication that the current level of severity warrants such a rating.
- Claimed conditions
- scar on the forehead
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0703480
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right cervical radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine disability, but denied service connection for a scar on the forehead and remanded issues related to left hip, right hip, and foot disabilities.
- Denied
The Board found that there was no evidence of a pre-existing scar on the Veteran's forehead at the time of his enlistment, and thus could not establish service connection for it. The VA examiner concluded that the current scar is less likely than not incurred or caused by an in-service injury.
- Denied
The Veteran is currently assigned a 20 percent rating for painful scars, and the Board finds that this rating is not higher than what is warranted based on the evidence of record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete service treatment records and other issues.
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