The Veteran is currently assigned a 20 percent rating for painful scars, and the Board finds that this rating is not higher than what is warranted based on the evidence of record.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has no more than four painful scars, which do not meet the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 7804. The most favorable rating available under both old and new criteria is 20 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- painful scars, scar on the forehead, scar on the right great toe, scar on the left nostril, scar on the second toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 3, 2015
- Citation
- 1505117
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