Scars Board decisions

The Board denied increased disability ratings for the Veteran's back, radiculopathy of both lower extremities, and a surgical scar, as well as earlier effective dates for these conditions.

The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for service connection and a higher initial rating due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as service connection for various disabilities.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from February 11, 2019, and denied increased ratings for prostatitis with chronic hematuria and dysuria, restrictive lung disease, migraine headaches with variants, and scar of the left upper eyelid.

The Board remands the claims for further development and readjudication, as it finds a duty to assist error in how the RO adjudicated the matter of the reduction for the Veteran's mitral valve prolapse.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, a higher rating for PTSD, and a compensable rating for left ankle arthritis.

The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for facial scarring but denied a higher rating from January 13, 2022, onward.

The Board granted service connection for a C-section scar, finding that the Veteran's current abdominal scar is at least as likely as not related to a C-section performed during her active duty service.

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.