The veteran's claim for service connection for a left cheek scar is granted. The veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected disorders are addressed in the REMAND portion of the decision.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the left cheek scar as it relates to service, and the veteran's other claims were evaluated based on their merits.
- Claimed conditions
- left cheek scar, shell fragment wounds, left forearm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0839402
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates of May 6, 2024 for the service connection of left cheek scar, PTSD, and headaches based on the Veteran's intent to file a claim.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for left cheek lichen simplex chronicus but denied a separate compensable rating for the left cheek scar.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left cheek lichen simplex chronicus and left cheek scar due to newly associated VA treatment records. The AOJ must consider all new evidence since the December 2019 Statement of the Case.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for anxiety disorder, diabetes, basal cell carcinoma of the left cheek, and a right ear hearing loss disability as secondary to service-connected conditions. Service connection was denied for residuals of a left submandibular abscess.
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