The Board granted an initial compensable rating of 50 percent for service-connected acne, facial scarring, effective December 16, 2013.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's acne, facial scarring has been manifest by symptoms of or comparable to visible or palpable tissue loss and either gross distortion or asymmetry of two features or paired sets of features, or with four or five characteristics of disfigurement throughout the entire period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- acne scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25102869
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