The Board has granted a 30 percent disability rating for the facial scar disability from December 19, 2012 to October 23, 2019. The appeal for higher ratings is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows visible or palpable tissue loss and asymmetry of one feature with two characteristics of disfigurement (length >13cm and depressed surface contour).
- Claimed conditions
- Facial Scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20064975
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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