VA Disability Rating for Burn scar or scar due to other causes, not of the head, face, or neck, that are not associated with underlying soft tissue damage (DC 7802)

Rating levels

• 10% — You qualify for this rating if you have burn scars or other types of scars anywhere on your body except your head, face, or neck, and these scars cover a total area of 144 square inches or more. To put this in perspective, 144 square inches is roughly the size of a 12-inch by 12-inch square. The scars must be surface-level only, meaning they haven't damaged the deeper tissues like muscles underneath your skin.
• Note — For this code the body is divided into six zones: each arm, each leg, the front of the trunk and the back of the trunk, split at the midaxillary line (the line down the side of the body from the armpit).
• Note — Scars in more than one zone, or one scar that crosses zones, can get a separate rating for each zone, and those ratings are combined under 38 CFR 4.25; or the scar areas are added together for a single rating, whichever gives the higher result.