The Veteran's left arm scar is rated at 10 percent, but the Board found no evidence to support a higher rating due to stable and non-functional scars.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s scar was stable with no functional impairments related to the left arm scar.
- Claimed conditions
- Left arm scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21012084
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for scars on both arms, as there was no evidence of unstable or painful scars that would warrant a 10 percent rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment as of April 26, 2016. The Board granted an effective date of April 26, 2016 for the TDIU.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the effective date for the grant of service connection and a compensable rating for a residual scar of a gunshot wound of the left elbow is June 10, 1987.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn her appeals for all issues, and the appeal is dismissed.
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