The Board denied an effective date prior to September 19, 2022, for the grant of a 10 percent disability rating for anterior trunk scars and vacated its previous decision dismissing the appeal as untimely.
The deciding factor: The appellant's scars did not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating or an earlier effective date prior to September 19, 2022, based on the evidence of record.
- Claimed conditions
- anterior trunk scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089731
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Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a compensable rating or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.
- Denied
The appeal for an initial compensable evaluation for service-connected anterior trunk scars was denied as the evidence did not support a compensable rating under any applicable diagnostic code.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
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