The Veteran's left forearm scar is granted a rating of 10 percent, but no higher. The scar is painful and rated under the criteria for unstable or painful scars.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left forearm scar is found to be painful but not manifest by three or four unstable or painful scars, which would warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- left forearm scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24063567
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 705 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a left knee scar and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right great toe ingrown toenail, left forearm scar, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), left shoulder disability, and epistaxis. The remaining issues were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left forearm scar and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, due to insufficient evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and granted a rating of 20 percent, but no higher, for right knee meniscus tear, post arthroscopic surgery.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating of his service-connected left forearm scar was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran during the pendency of the appeal.
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