The Board has granted a 10 percent evaluation for the Veteran's scar of the head, finding it to be painful and stable.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran's scar is painful but not unstable or adherent, meeting the criteria for a 10 percent evaluation under DC 7804.
- Claimed conditions
- scar of the head
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 30, 2016
- Citation
- 1639097
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected scar of the head is granted an initial 10 percent disability rating, but no higher.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for liver disorder, kidney disorder, heart disorder, erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer, and scar of the head. The Veteran's conditions were not found to be related to his military service or exposure to herbicide agents.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a scar of the head, face or neck and an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for his postoperative pterygium of the left eye. The evidence did not support the presence of separate disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back condition, residuals of a head injury, and scar of the head are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology. The right ankle and right foot conditions have also been remanded.
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