The Board found that the Veteran does not currently have a scar of the scalp, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: No current residual scar was found on examination despite a reported in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- scar of the scalp
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2011
- Citation
- 1120718
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