The Veteran's fibrocystic breast disease is rated as a separate scar, and she receives a 10% rating for the right breast surgical scar. The compensable rating for fibrocystic breast disease remains unchanged.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding of significant impairment or residuals from the fibrocystic breast disease that would warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Fibrocystic Breast Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22001375
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,199 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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