The Board granted separate compensable ratings of 10% for tender and painful scars on the left thigh, right thigh, and right forearm and hand as residuals of service-connected shell fragment wounds. The chest scar was not separately rated due to its location.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supported a finding that the veteran's service-connected shrapnel wounds resulted in tender and painful scars on multiple areas, warranting separate 10% ratings under Diagnostic Code 7804 for superficial scars that are tender and painful upon objective demonstration.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wounds of the chest with retained foreign body, shell fragment wounds of the left thigh, shell fragment wounds of the right thigh, shell fragment wounds of the right forearm and hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 31, 2008
- Citation
- 0825700
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