Scars Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, thus his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is denied.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left and right elbow disabilities, as well as their respective scars. The appeal is pending until further development is completed.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment as of January 29, 2020. The Board referred the issue of a TDIU rating prior to January 29, 2020 for consideration on an extraschedular basis.

The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to determine the severity of the Veteran's service-connected scars and whether his treatment constitutes systemic therapy. The case is being REMANDED for further development.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to the need for a VA examination.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for initial compensable rating, initial rating in excess of 20 percent, and earlier effective dates for his service-connected residual scar and left ulnar nerve neuropathy.

The Board has granted an effective date of April 25, 2015 for the award of a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and his TDIU claim is denied.

The Board has remanded the claims for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for psoriasis with residual scarring and unstable scarring prior to October 4, 2018 due to insufficient compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board has granted a compensable rating (10%) for the Veteran's residual scar from an appendectomy and found that his chronic abdominal pain, distension, and bowel disturbance are not service-connected.

The Veteran's initial claim for a compensable evaluation for surgical scar of the right wrist, other than painful scar was denied. However, the Veteran was granted a separate 10 percent disability rating for his painful scar on the right wrist effective October 13, 2017.

The Board denied payment or reimbursement for non-VA medical care for miscarriage as a Camp Lejeune family member.,The Board remanded the claim of entitlement to payment or reimbursement for non-VA medical care for Parkinson's disease as a Camp Lejeune family member, due to incomplete information and records.

The Veteran's service-connected scars, distal aspect of the third metatarsal bilateral, need to be reassessed due to a lack of recent examination. Updated VA treatment records are also needed.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities for the period from September 27, 2012 to December 28, 2015 and for the period from December 29, 2015 to present.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for Pseudofolliculitis Barbae (PFB) and denied increased ratings for hyperpigmented scars due to PFB.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and rating increases are being remanded due to the receipt of additional VA treatment records. The Board will review all evidence, including new records, and issue a Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC).

The Veteran's appeals for a compensable rating for residual scar, left knee and a higher than 10 percent rating for right lateral malleolus fracture have been dismissed due to the Veteran's satisfaction with his total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board has granted an effective date of March 1, 2006 for the Veteran's entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities. The decision is based on the evidence showing that the Veteran was unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment since this date.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment prior to February 6, 2018.

The Veteran's service-connected gunshot wound has been granted, and a separate rating of 10% for a painful scar on the right flank is also granted. The effective date for these changes is March 10, 1973.