Scars Board decisions

The Board has granted a 10% rating for the veteran's residuals of polypectomy, colonic perforation, appendectomy, and laparoscopy scar. The condition is productive of tenderness in the scar area.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for left arm muscle strain and a rating in excess of 10 percent for his left arm laceration scar, finding no evidence of current disability or sufficient medical support to establish service connection.

The Board has determined that the appellant's service-connected disfiguring facial scars and tender and painful facial scars do not warrant a disability evaluation greater than 10 percent.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant did not file a timely notice of disagreement within one year following notification of the June 1991 rating decision.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for the service-connected residual childbirth scars due to Cesarean section and episiotomy must be denied because she failed to report for a VA examination scheduled in conjunction with her appeal.

The veteran's claim for service connection for various conditions, including a skin disorder and loss of sex drive, is denied as there is no evidence linking these conditions to his active duty service or Agent Orange exposure.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for the cause of death, dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, and eligibility for dependents' educational assistance under 38 U.S.C.A. Chapter 35 due to a lack of evidence linking his death to any service-connected disability.

The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected gastric ulcer with vagotomy, antrectomy and a scar at the incision site in abdomen, finding that the current disability picture did not warrant a higher evaluation.

The veteran's service-connected filariasis and cholecystectomy residuals do not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, resulting in a grant of TDIU.

The veteran's appeal is granted for increased ratings in several areas, including his left radial nerve disability and various wounds from service. However, the rating decision of June 12, 1946 involving these disabilities was found to have involved CUE.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a pancreas disorder, scars of the midline and side, a blood pressure condition, a psychiatric condition, and a diaphragm disorder as they are not well grounded. The issue of entitlement to a higher rating for a laparotomy scar has been remanded.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities have been granted increased ratings, with the highest rating of 10% for each condition.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities were denied. The veteran was granted separate 10 percent ratings for tinnitus and the chin scar, as residuals of shrapnel wounds.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected disabilities have been denied. The RO found that the veteran did not meet the criteria for higher ratings under the applicable rating schedule.

The Board found no additional disability resulting from VA treatment for right ulnar nerve surgery in June 1988 or right eye surgery in the 1970's. The appellant did not meet his burden of presenting a well-grounded claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected post-operative residuals, fractured right navicular with arthritic changes and donor site scar of the right hip. The veteran was not granted ratings in excess of 30 percent or 10 percent respectively.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities have been evaluated based on the criteria provided. The RO has denied increased evaluations for several of his conditions, including those related to shell fragment wounds and thoracotomy scars.

The Board found that the veteran's lumbar spine disorder is not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected pilonidal cystectomy, and denied all issues on appeal.

The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, scars of the lungs and heart, and acute/subacute peripheral neuropathy as a result of exposure to Agent Orange. The evidence submitted since the final decisions does not meet the criteria for reopening these claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for shell fragment wound scars of the left chest areas due to his failure to report for VA examinations. The Board granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (IU) as the veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, rendered him unable to obtain and retain all kinds of substantially gainful employment.