The Board found that the Veteran's scars do not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation under any applicable rating codes, and thus denied his claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's scars were evaluated under various VA rating codes but did not meet the requirements for a higher evaluation based on their size or functional impact.
- Claimed conditions
- Lipoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1040391
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was granted, while his claim for a lipoma was denied. The decision is mixed as it reopened the PTSD claim but did not reopen the lipoma claim.
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