The Veteran's service-connected scars from excisions of recurrent lipomas on extremities and trunk have been rated at 60 percent, covering sixty percent of the body. The Board found that this rating is appropriate as there are no scars of the head, face or neck with visible or palpable tissue loss.,The Veteran has also been granted a TDIU due to his service-connected lipomas and related pain affecting his ability to work.
The deciding factor: The pre-amended rating criteria did not provide for a higher rating based on the Veteran's scars from excisions of recurrent lipomas, as they were not considered to be of the head, face or neck with visible or palpable tissue loss and other specified characteristics of disfigurement.
- Claimed conditions
- Lipomas
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19101657
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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The Board dismissed the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for heart, left knee scar, hearing loss, right finger, granuloma, and lipoma disabilities due to the Veteran's withdrawal.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's TDIU claim was denied because his combined schedular evaluation for service-connected disabilities is 100%, but he does not have a single disability rated at least 60% disabling or two or more disabilities each rated at least 40% and the combined rating of those disabilities is at least 70%. The Veteran's unemployability is due to his PTSD, diabetes, and peripheral neuropathy.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, a compensable rating for lipomas, and service connection for bilateral hearing loss have been dismissed.,The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD has also been dismissed.
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