The Board granted an initial compensable rating of 10 percent for post traumatic surgical facial repair scars, effective from the date of claim in July 2006. The Veteran's facial scars are rated based on disfigurement under Diagnostic Code 7800.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's facial scars meet one characteristic of disfigurement as per VA criteria and warrant a 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7800, effective from the date of claim in July 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- Facial Scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2015
- Citation
- 1517830
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