The Veteran has scars as a result of his service-connected actinic keratosis (skin disorder). The Board finds that these scars are related to the treatment for his service-connected skin disorder and grants entitlement to service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrates that the Veteran's scars are residuals of cryosurgery treatment for his service-connected actinic keratoses, which is a direct service connection as there was no indication of any other theory of service connection in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- actinic keratosis, scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 17, 2013
- Citation
- 1316375
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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