The veteran's scars of the left hand, right leg, anterior throat, and scrotum do not cause limitation of motion of the affected areas.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence that the veteran's scars are painful or cause any functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- scars of the left hand, scars of the right leg, scars of the anterior throat, scars of the scrotum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0904535
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,319 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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