Scars Board decisions

The Veteran's current eye disabilities and loss of vision are not related to his service, including as due to combat-related exposures during service. The Board finds a preponderance of the evidence against the claim.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of all pertinent criteria, including potential separate ratings for different components of the service-connected disability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development and examination.

The Board has determined that the Veteran is not entitled to an initial compensable rating for his service-connected residuals of a right inguinal hernia with scar or internal and external hemorrhoids.

The Veteran's notice of disagreement regarding increased disability ratings for PTSD, shrapnel wound scar, and ichthyosis was not timely filed within one year from the August 4, 2005 notification. The Board denied his claim as he did not file a timely notice of disagreement.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected inflammatory papulocystic acne with scarring is remanded due to inadequate examination and missing medical records.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a right eye disability was withdrawn. The Board denied entitlement to an initial compensable rating for his left eye disability and granted a noncompensable rating for the skin disorder effective November 17, 2004.

The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is being remanded for additional development, including an addendum opinion and/or examination regarding the impact of her low back and bilateral knee disabilities on her employability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for right forearm scar, left index finger disability, and skull fracture residuals were denied. He was granted service connection for these conditions but assigned initial noncompensable ratings.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for further development, including providing corrective notice and obtaining an opinion from a VA physician regarding whether any service-connected disability contributed to the Veteran's death.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for initial evaluations in excess of 10 percent for scars on his buttocks, left leg, and left forearm.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's scar below the lower lip does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating under any applicable VA rating code.

The Veteran's service-connected scars on both arms are not compensable, but Reiter's syndrome and osteoporosis have been granted as secondary to service-connected conditions.,Osteoporosis has been granted as secondary to service-connected Reiter's syndrome.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, finding that he was not disabled enough to qualify under VA regulations.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection have been denied as new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen his right knee injury claim, and he does not meet the criteria for service connection for other conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected multiple scars, residuals of shrapnel wounds, are currently rated at 10 percent each for the right and left arms, as well as the right and left legs. The claimant is seeking an increase in his disability rating.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to lung cancer and myocardial infarction. The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's in-service radiation exposure caused or contributed substantially or materially to his death.

The Veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected disability, and the appellant did not meet the criteria for dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, in and of themselves without regard to his age, render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent for his residual scar from plantar wart removal from the left foot prior to November 16, 2007 was denied. The RO assigned a 20 percent rating effective November 16, 2007.