The Veteran's abdominal scar is granted a 10 percent rating effective May 25, 2011. The Board found the evidence in equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s single abdominal scar was unstable.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran's skin over his single abdominal scar was very thin and occasionally would bleed when rubbed against a hard surface, suggesting frequent loss of covering of skin over the scar.
- Claimed conditions
- Abdominal Scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21002283
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