VA Disability Rating for Benign skin neoplasms (DC 7819)

Body system: SkinRegulation: 38 CFR § 4.118DBQ: DBQ DERM Skin Diseases

DC 7819 covers benign (non-cancerous) skin growths. The regulation gives the code no percentages of its own: it is rated as disfigurement of the head, face or neck under DC 7800 (up to 80%), as scars under DCs 7801 to 7805 (up to 40%), or as impairment of function, depending on which is the predominant disability (38 CFR 4.118).

Rating levels

  • Note — Benign (non-cancerous) skin neoplasms are not assigned a percentage on their own. The VA rates whatever residuals are most prominent — disfigurement of the head, face, or neck (DC 7800), scars (DC 7801–7805), or impairment of function — under 38 CFR § 4.118.

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Burn scar(s) of the head, face, or neck; scar(s) of the head, face, or neck due to other causes; or other disfigurement of the head, face, or neck (DC 7800)
The plain-English rating criteria and Board decision data for DC 7800.
Burn scar(s) or scar(s) due to other causes, not of the head, face, or neck, that are associated with underlying soft tissue damage (DC 7801)
The plain-English rating criteria and Board decision data for DC 7801.
Burn scar(s) or scar(s) due to other causes, not of the head, face, or neck, that are not associated with underlying soft tissue damage (DC 7802)
The plain-English rating criteria and Board decision data for DC 7802.
Scar(s), unstable or painful (DC 7804)
The plain-English rating criteria and Board decision data for DC 7804.
Scars, other; and other effects of scars evaluated under diagnostic codes 7800, 7801, 7802, or 7804 (DC 7805)
The plain-English rating criteria and Board decision data for DC 7805.