The Veteran's three painful abdominal scars are rated at 10 percent each, effective from the date of this decision.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports finding that the Veteran has three painful scars and his symptoms most closely approximate the separate 10 percent criteria for each scar under the old version of the Rating Schedule pertaining to scars.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal scars, pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 20, 2018
- Citation
- 18151314
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