The Veteran's painful facial scars associated with service-connected chronic sinusitis are not rated higher than 10 percent.,The Veteran's disfiguring facial scars associated with service-connected chronic sinusitis are not rated higher than 30 percent.,The Veteran's loss of taste associated with service-connected chronic sinusitis is currently rated as noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s painful facial scars do not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent under DCs 7800-7804 due to lack of characteristics of disfigurement.,The Veteran's disfiguring facial scars do not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 30 percent under DC 7800 due to lack of four or five characteristics of disfigurement.,The Veteran’s loss of taste is rated as noncompensable (0%) under DC 6276, as he has only partial loss of taste.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Sinusitis, Painful Facial Scars, Disfiguring Facial Scars, Loss of Taste
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20055511
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