The Board has granted an earlier effective date of January 7, 2018 for a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's scar of the right iliac crest, right hip, and right leg. This decision is based on evidence from a VA examination conducted on January 7, 2018.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined to be the date of receipt of the claim as shown by the January 7, 2018 VA examination which raised an informal claim for increased disability and showed that the Veteran's right leg scar was painful.
- Claimed conditions
- Scar of the right iliac crest, Scar of the right hip, Scar of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 7, 2018
- Citation
- 18132957
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, thyroidectomy, multiple facial scars, numbness of the right jaw, scar of the right leg, and scar of the right index finger do not render him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Denied
The VA determined that the Veteran is not unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities as there is no evidence of inability to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
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