The Board denied service connection for post surgical scarring secondary to traumatic alopecia and an asymptomatic forehead scar at hairline status post surgical excision, but granted service connection for multiple fractures 4th and 5th metatarsals, left foot with post-traumatic arthritis.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a current disability of scars related to the Veteran's traumatic alopecia. However, there was sufficient evidence to establish a direct causal relationship between the Veteran's service and his multiple fractures in the left foot with post-traumatic arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- asymptomatic forehead scar at hairline status post surgical excision, multiple fractures 4th and 5th metatarsals, left foot with post-traumatic arthritis, post surgical scarring secondary to traumatic alopecia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093168
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,113 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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