The Veteran's right wrist scar is painful and has been rated at 10 percent throughout the period of this claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran reported pain to VA examiners, which was considered competent evidence as a lay person can observe symptoms under ordinary conditions of daily life.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19181485
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for a right wrist scar and remanded the claim for service connection for a right wrist disability, other than a scar.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the right wrist scar and denied an increased rating for right wrist median neuritis, service connection for PTSD, and service connection for a bilateral foot disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right wrist scar is rated at a 10 percent rating, granted an initial compensable rating. The other issues on appeal are remanded for further review.
- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension is granted an initial disability rating of 10 percent, but no higher. The right wrist scar issue is remanded for further evaluation.
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