Condition Rating Guides
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Burn scars on the head, face, or neck that cause disfigurement. The VA rates based on the number of disfigurement characteristics, such as scar size, tissue loss, and distortion of facial features.
You have visible or palpable tissue loss and either gross distortion or asymmetry of three or more features or paired sets of features, or you have six or more characteristics of disfigurement. The eight characteristics include: scar 5+ inches long, scar at least 1/4 inch wide at widest part, surface contour elevated or depressed, scar adherent to underlying tissue, skin hypo- or hyper-pigmented in area exceeding 6 square inches, abnormal skin texture in area exceeding 6 square inches, underlying soft tissue missing in area exceeding 6 square inches, and skin indurated and inflexible in area exceeding 6 square inches.
What the VA looks for