Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's painful scar associated with his cervical spine disability from December 4, 2019, and remanded other issues for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's scar was found to be painful on August 12, 2022, warranting a 10 percent rating under DC 7804. Other claims were remanded due to inadequate VA examinations or missing evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- painful scar, status-post neck surgery c4-5 corpectomy with anterior and posterior fusion, cervical spine degenerative disc disease status-post C4-5 corpectomy with anterior and posterior fusion, right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy (upper radicular nerves) (dominant), left upper extremity cervical radiculopathy (upper radicular nerves) (non-dominant), left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096384
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