Scars Board decisions

The Veteran's left ear hearing loss disability is service-connected, while his lipomatosis and residuals thereof are not compensable.

The Board denied service connection for visual disturbance, dizzy spells, and a skin disease secondary to Agent Orange exposure. The Veteran's tinnitus was rated at 10 percent, the maximum allowed under the rating criteria.

The Veteran's sarcoidosis is rated at 30 percent, while the other conditions remain non-compensable.

The Board finds that entitlement to service connection for a scar on the back of the Veteran's head is warranted.

The Board remands the case for further development, including a new examination to assess the current nature and severity of the Veteran's basal cell carcinoma.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a dental disability, and increased ratings for postoperative right inguinal hernia scar, postoperative recurrent right inguinal hernia, and residuals of a tonsillectomy were denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine secondary to a shell fragment wound, and for initial compensable evaluations for residual scars on the left axilla and buttock.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for chronic conjunctivitis of the right eye and a higher initial rating for left eye corneal scarring with dystrophy.

The case is being remanded to the RO for a VA examination to properly evaluate the service-connected respiratory disorder.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the Veteran's claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable evaluation for eczema, residuals of stress fracture, right femoral neck and pubic ramus, scar residuals of cholecystectomy, service connection for sinusitis, and service connection for a right labial inclusion cyst.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date was denied as the November 1980 rating decision, which proposed to reduce his disability rating from 10 percent to 0 percent, became final and could not be used to establish a new date of claim.

The veteran's claims for service connection for headaches and an increased rating for the residuals of a nasal fracture were withdrawn, while his claim for an increased rating for scar residuals was granted at 50 percent.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for his post-operative residual scar of a left thoracotomy for excision of neurofibroma, as the evidence did not support an increase in severity.

The Board found that the evidence received since the January 1954 and January 1995 rating decisions is not new and material, and therefore denied reopening of the claims for service connection.

The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was remanded to the RO for further development, including an examination to assess the functional impact of his service-connected disabilities and their relationship to dizziness, headaches, poor balance, and stuffy ears.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a scar, associated with status post (s/p) bunionectomy s/p surgery with degenerative joint disease (DJD), right foot was submitted on December 21, 2005 and the effective date of this award is granted as of that date.

The case is being remanded for the RO or AMC to obtain missing treatment records from the Milwaukee VA Medical Center.

The Board denied an increased rating for the shrapnel wound scar on mandible with retained foreign body, but granted a separate noncompensable disability rating for neuralgia of the fifth cranial (trigeminal) nerve.

The appeal is remanded for an additional VA examination to determine the nature and extent of any disability associated with the service-connected right foot scar disorder and the etiology of the Veteran's right knee disorder.