The veteran's service-connected tender scar, left foot, status-post plantar wart removal with subsequent removal of painful scar tissue (also claimed as benign skin neoplasms-lesions) is rated at 10 percent and the Board found that a higher rating was not warranted.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence established that the service-connected disability did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- tender scar, left foot, benign skin neoplasms-lesions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 14, 2008
- Citation
- 0815886
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected tender scar, left foot is being remanded due to the need for additional development and compliance with previous remand orders.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected tender scar, left foot was rated at 10 percent disabling. The Board found that the disability did not meet or approximate criteria for a higher rating as it did not result in functional limitations of the affected part or disabling effects not considered in the current rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected tender scar, left foot is being remanded due to the need for additional development and examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a VA examination by an appropriate specialist and consideration of additional evidence submitted since the April 2007 supplemental statement of the case.
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