Scars Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and residuals of shell fragment wounds, are found to be severe enough to prevent him from securing or maintaining employment. The Board grants the claim for TDIU.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and considering his claim for an increased rating for scars from a vasectomy.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for COPD, heart disability, and right eye macular degeneration/scar due to chemical burn during service. The rating for residuals of a chemical burn to the right eye was also denied.

The Veteran requested withdrawal of his appeal for the issues related to scars on the head, PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, traumatic brain injury, melanoma and dental condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his service-connected recurrent pilonidal cyst with tender scar and incomplete rupture of the rectus femoris muscle, left leg, on an extraschedular basis.

The Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings and a TDIU were denied. The RO assigned separate 20 percent ratings for right ankle inversion injury with history of fracture and ligament repair, and a separate 10 percent rating for right heel scar with paresthesia effective December 11, 2011.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment prior to October 5, 2010.

The Board has remanded the claim for a VA compensation examination to determine if there is a relationship between the Veteran's current condition and his military service. The AMC attempted to reschedule the examination but was unsuccessful.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including obtaining medical records from Dr. T. L. N.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining a VA Form 646 from his authorized representative.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the combined effect of his service-connected disabilities on his ability to obtain or retain substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim of service connection for blurred vision due to a lack of opinion regarding whether his current condition is related to service or a service-connected disability. The case is now pending with instructions for scheduling an appropriate VA examination.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination and consideration of whether referral to the Director of Compensation and Pension may be necessary.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to lack of qualifying conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected left upper extremity scars have been rated at 10 percent since February 2, 2010. The VA examiner found the scars to be productive of pain but without loss of skin covering or function.

The Veteran's onychomycosis of the feet is found to be a complication of his service-connected diabetes mellitus and thus, service connection for that disorder is granted.

The Veteran's initial claim for a higher evaluation for her abdominal scar was granted, with an effective date of March 11, 2010. The current rating is 10 percent.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for IBS and granted it. The claims for stomach disorders, incisional hernia with post-operative scar, and migraines are also addressed.

The Board denied an extraschedular rating for hearing loss and found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from obtaining substantially gainful employment, thus denying a TDIU.

The Veteran's right thigh shrapnel wound scars were rated at 10 percent prior to October 23, 2008 and at 20 percent since that date.