Scars decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for polycythemia vera, to include as due to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, and granted a TDIU prior to September 11, 2024. The initial disability ratings in excess of 60 percent for the heart condition and a compensable rating for the chest scar were denied.

The Board remands the claims for higher initial ratings and TDIU due to incomplete evidence of record.

The Board remands the matter to correct a pre-decisional error regarding the consideration of neuritis associated with the right foot scar.

The appeal regarding the effective dates and initial ratings for pseudofolliculitis barbae, residuals of excision of a ganglion cyst of right hand, surgical scar of the right hand, and 10 percent rating based on multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities was dismissed due to untimely filing of the notice of disagreement.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and inguinal hernias with scars. The other issues of service connection were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, chronic sinusitis, and a 50% disability rating for migraine headaches effective June 12, 2019. Other claims were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and an earlier effective date, as well as remanded several service connection claims.

The Board denied service connection for a right buttock scar, post traumatic residual pain of the right fifth finger, a left hand condition, bilateral hearing loss, and bilateral eye conditions.

The Board denied increased ratings for multiple service-connected conditions, including tinnitus, GERD with hiatal hernia, major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, spinal stenosis with lumbosacral strain status post surgery, scars of the back, and radiculopathy in both lower extremities. The Veteran's erectile dysfunction was also denied a compensable rating.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including tinnitus, otitis media, dermatitis, hypertension, gout, lipoma, G6PD deficiency, and benign microscopic blood in urine. The effective date of service connection for dermatitis was set to December 16, 2022.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's eye disability was aggravated by his service-connected diabetes.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and granted a rating of 20 percent, but no higher, for right knee meniscus tear, post arthroscopic surgery.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection based on the current medical findings.

The Board remands the issues for further development and adjudication, including obtaining outstanding medical records and providing VA examinations.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a scar resulting from right foot surgery due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for a right eye scar and denied service connection for sleep apnea, as well as a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for right knee tendonitis/tendonosis with degenerative arthritis and restored the 20 percent rating for left ankle degenerative arthritis effective July 1, 2020.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and initial compensable ratings, as well as service connection for various conditions, except for a scar related to a laminectomy which was granted with an effective date of March 22, 2021.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the March 31, 2000 rating decision that denied service connection for a left eye corneal abrasion and right eye chorioretinal scars.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the linear scar on the left side of the head and headaches, residuals of acoustic neuroma (also claimed as migraines), but remanded claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea.