The Veteran's neck scar, which is rated as 10 percent disabling from September 17, 2003, and 50 percent disabling from July 26, 2006, has been granted a higher initial rating of 50 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the Veteran's neck scar to meet four out of eight characteristics of disfigurement, warranting a 50% rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Scar on the neck
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0946449
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