Scars Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and syncope, render him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for vulvovaginitis but denied a compensable rating for female sexual arousal disorder and service connection for various other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for herpes simplex virus (HSV) and denied service connection for a right thumb scar. The left foot condition was remanded for further examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, finding that the current disability ratings accurately reflect his conditions.

The Board granted a 20 percent disability rating for the Veteran's scar (residual of staph infection) from October 23, 2008.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and initial compensable ratings, finding that the earliest possible effective date for service connection for a low back disability was April 27, 2016.

The Board granted service connection for scars affecting the face and a skin disability, to include acne and acne scars affecting the back due to the Veteran's active-duty combat service.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and remanded several other issues, including increased ratings and service connections.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, right hand scars, back scars, residuals of shrapnel injury, and residuals of gunshot injuries but denied service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for service-connected PTSD prior to November 6, 2019, but denied the same rating from that date onward. The appeal was withdrawn for the left hand burn scar claim.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a neck disability and burn scars due to inadequate VA examination opinions.

The Veteran was granted initial disability ratings of 40 percent for temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), 20 percent for right eye cataract, and 10 percent for right eye corneal scar.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance/homebound for further development.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD due to MST and denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, a scar from hernia surgery, a bowel condition, carpal tunnel syndrome in both upper extremities, and tinnitus.

The Board granted the petition to readjudicate the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a urinary disorder, but denied the petition for neck and facial scars.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and a scar of the head. The tinnitus was rated at 10 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude substantially gainful employment, and a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.

The Board granted the Veteran's appeal for service connection and an earlier effective date, awarding a 100% rating for acoustic schwannoma status post resection with vertigo and staggered gait to include right hemiplegia stroke and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board dismissed the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for heart, left knee scar, hearing loss, right finger, granuloma, and lipoma disabilities due to the Veteran's withdrawal.

The Board granted service connection for skin cancer, to include as due to Agent Orange exposure, and scars of the head, face, neck, and body as secondary to skin cancer.