The Board has determined that there is no competent and credible evidence to support the Veteran's claim of a right arm scar being incurred in service. The preponderance of the evidence does not support this claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not report any history of tumors, growths, or cysts on his medical history forms during service, and there is no mention of a lipoma removal procedure in the records. His assertions are inconsistent with the available evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Arm Scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2014
- Citation
- 1427912
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied ratings in excess of the current levels for allergic rhinitis, hypertension, and noncompensable right arm and left hand thumb scars. However, it granted separate 10 percent ratings for painful right and left hand thumb scars under Diagnostic Code 7804.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for his mid-chest scar prior to November 26, 2019 is dismissed. The Board grants the TDIU from July 22, 2011 to November 25, 2019 based on the combined effects of his service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's employment as a machinist laborer from 2002 to 2014 was considered substantially gainful employment, and he did not meet the criteria for an earlier effective date of TDIU prior to May 1, 2014.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a right arm scar, finding that it is at least as likely as not secondary to the chronic use of drugs and infections coinciding with drug injection during active duty service.
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