The Board has granted service connection for post-operative residuals of malignant melanoma and assigned an initial 10 percent rating, effective May 3, 2003. The veteran's neck scars are rated as painful superficial scars under Diagnostic Code 7804.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner noted tenderness in the veteran's neck, along with his complaints of pain and pressure from the neck to chin and daily pain/pressure in the lower scalp/back of neck region. These findings supported a rating based on painful superficial scars (Diagnostic Code 7804).
- Claimed conditions
- Malignant Melanoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 30, 2008
- Citation
- 0825553
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