The Veteran's service connected right forearm, midline sternum, left inner thigh, and right inner thigh scars are shown to be painful. The Board has granted a 20 percent disability rating for these scars.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided lay testimony describing the symptoms of his scar disabilities, which indicated all four scars were painful. This outweighed the VA examination reports that indicated the Veteran's scars were not painful.
- Claimed conditions
- right forearm scar, midline sternum scar, left inner thigh scar, right inner thigh scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 1, 2016
- Citation
- 1626483
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