The Veteran's two abdominal scars are painful and warrant an initial compensable rating of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's scars were found to be painful, meeting the criteria for a 10% rating under Diagnostic Code 7804.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19189837
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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