The Board has dismissed the issue of entitlement to a 10 percent rating for multiple service-connected disabilities. The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for left knee scars is denied, and his claim for an initial compensable rating for left varicocele, including extraschedular consideration, is remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support the assignment of a compensable rating for the Veteran's left knee scars under DCs 7800-04. The Veteran's left varicocele disability requires further examination to determine if it meets or approximates the criteria for extraschedular consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee scars, left varicocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24001981
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected left varicocele with surgical resection, finding that his symptoms are comparable to those of intermittent edema and fatigue after prolonged standing or walking.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for left and right knee scars have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for left knee scars, finding that the evidence did not support a higher evaluation as the combined area of the Veteran's scars was less than the required threshold for a 10% rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow any form of substantially gainful employment prior to March 26, 2020. The effective date for the grant of TDIU is set at December 11, 2019.
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