Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent evaluation for the Veteran's scars associated with hernia surgery, effective June 14, 2024, and dismissed the appeal of entitlement to service connection for right hand tremors as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder with traumatic brain injury.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports an evaluation of 10 percent for painful scar beginning June 14, 2024, but does not warrant a compensable evaluation prior to that date. The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran has already been granted service connection and assigned an initial evaluation for right hand tremors.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand tremors, scars to include hernia scar
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104395
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