Scars decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and remanded the claims for service connection for an upper back scar, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a skin condition, fatigue, hypertension, and entitlement to TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, loss of use of bodily organs, hair loss, hearing loss, and other conditions. Some claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied increased ratings for existing conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hearing loss, TMJ, insomnia, penile condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, tinnitus, lower back pain, right wrist condition, and scars as further development is needed to obtain VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, as well as an initial compensable rating and effective date prior to August 10, 2022.

The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion regarding whether the Appellant was insane at the time of her misconduct leading to an other than honorable discharge, as this issue is inextricably intertwined with the claim for compensation for a scar of the anterior trunk, status post cesarean section.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 40 percent for lumbar strain, a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of cholecystectomy, and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. A 20 percent rating was granted for laparotomy scars, abdomen.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's forehead and left forearm scars, as well as psoriasis, and also denied earlier effective dates for service connection of these conditions.

The Board remands the appeals to reopen claims of entitlement to service connection for a back scar and a stomach scar as new and material evidence has been received, but additional action is required due to an unaddressed hearing request.

The Veteran's right foot scar was granted a 10 percent disability rating from December 3, 2012, through December 19, 2022.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a left hamstring fascial defect status post-hamstring fasciotomy, and surgical scarring over the left hamstring. The Board also denied increased ratings for right and left lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy.

The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for PTSD, denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition claimed as PTSD, dismissed the claim for chronic sinusitis, and denied increased ratings for various scars and conditions.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of death, finding that the Veteran's substance abuse disorder was a means to self-medicate symptoms associated with his service-connected psychiatric disabilities and contributed substantially or materially to his death.

The Veteran's effective date for service connection of PTSD is granted as May 29, 2006, but no earlier. The claims for service connection for digestive disorder, eating disorder, acne, facial scars, and depression are remanded.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for painful scars, left tibia ORIF surgery and remanded the issues of entitlement to an initial compensable disability rating for left proximal tibia stress fracture, ankle, with MTSS and unspecified mononeuropathy, left lower extremity, saphenous nerve.

The Veteran withdrew all claims in this appeal, and the Board has dismissed the appeals.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for pleomorphic adenoma and nerve damage, to include painful scar as secondary to pleomorphic adenoma, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands all service connection claims for further development, specifically to provide the veteran with adequate VA examinations.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the left inguinal herniorrhaphy scar but denied a compensable rating for the left inguinal hernia and a 10 percent evaluation under 38 C.F.R. § 3.324 based on multiple, noncompensable service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for residuals of resection of small intestine with peritoneal adhesions and post-operative bilateral ovarian cysts with left oophorectomy, but granted a 10 percent rating for an abdominal scar.