The Board has granted a separate compensable rating of 10 percent for the veteran's surgical scar of the right forearm, and denied increased ratings for his service-connected right forearm fracture and right medial nerve disability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's residuals of a right forearm fracture include union of the radius, minor limitation of motion of the right forearm, and a painful surgical scar. These findings meet the criteria for a separate compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 7804 (superficial scars that are painful on objective examination).
- Claimed conditions
- union of the radius, minor limitation of motion of the right forearm, painful surgical scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0704914
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