The Veteran's service connection for a scar on the chin, painful scars from appendectomy and lysis of adhesions, and a painful and unstable chin scar is granted with an effective date of September 20, 2016. The Veteran receives a disability rating of 30 percent under Diagnostic Code 7804.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service connection was reopened on new evidence submitted after his initial claim, leading to the grant of service connection for these conditions with an effective date from September 20, 2016. The RO then granted a disability rating of 30 percent under Diagnostic Code 7804.
- Claimed conditions
- scar on chin, painful scar, lysis of adhesions, painful and unstable chin scar
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19101907
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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 Board has granted service connection for a chin scar, finding that the condition began during active service and is not related to any other conditions or exposures.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all issues related to service connection and rating for various conditions as the Veteran died during the appeal process.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded two issues: 1) Bilateral calf conditions and 2) A scar on the Veteran's chin. The Veteran served in the Marine Corps from March 1992 to March 1996.
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