Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for scars from left knee surgery and underlying tissue scar as secondary to service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on medical evidence indicating that the scars were not unstable, painful, or functionally impairing.
- Claimed conditions
- scars, status post left knee surgery, underlying tissue scar, left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25006574
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