The Veteran's service-connected chest scars, claimed as keloids, are currently rated at 30 percent. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating due to instability or pain of the scars. For anterior trunk scars, no compensable rating was assigned.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found that the Veteran's chest scars were not unstable and did not result in functional impairment, thus precluding a higher rating under DC 7804.
- Claimed conditions
- keloids, chest scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20045125
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- Denied
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- Granted
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