The Veteran's service-connected back scars are rated at 10 percent, and a separate rating of 10 percent is granted for secondary pruritis. The ratings for the right arm and left arm scars remain non-compensable.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's back scars meet the criteria for a 10 percent rating under revised DC 7802 (effective October 23, 2008), as they are superficial and nonlinear with an area greater than 144 square inches. The secondary pruritis is rated separately at 10 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Residual burn scars to the back, Pruritis secondary to service-connected back scars
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 28, 2009
- Citation
- 0915943
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