The Board finds in favor of the appellant and grants a 30 percent rating for scars, scalp and jaw, residuals of trauma, and fracture of the right jaw.
The deciding factor: The examination revealed slight adherence to underlying tissue and depression of scar, which justifies a 30 percent disability rating under DC 7800. The appellant's right jaw scar satisfies two characteristics of disfigurement (adherent to underlying tissue and depressed on palpation).
- Claimed conditions
- Scars, scalp and jaw, residuals of trauma, and fracture of the right jaw
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1005581
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