Scars Board decisions

The Board granted an initial rating of 40 percent for the Veteran's eye condition, based on visual impairment in both eyes.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 100 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder was dismissed as moot. The claims for earlier effective dates for the assignment of ratings and service connection were denied.

The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss disability but denied service connection for scar from pilonidal cyst.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective dates, as well as service connection for various conditions.

The Board remands the issues of CUE in the June 1972 and March 1991 rating decisions for initial adjudication by the AOJ.

The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable rating for scars, status post coronary stent to be readjudicated after any additional development deemed necessary.

The Board granted service connection for an eye disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board remands the case to provide a VA examination to determine the medical significance of certain records and opinions regarding the Veteran's disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to determine whether the Veteran's lung condition is related to service, including any possible exposure during military deployments.

The Board denied service connection for post surgical scarring secondary to traumatic alopecia and an asymptomatic forehead scar at hairline status post surgical excision, but granted service connection for multiple fractures 4th and 5th metatarsals, left foot with post-traumatic arthritis.

The appeal for an initial compensable rating for right hip arthroscopic scar residuals and the extension of a temporary total rating for right hip strain, impingement, and labral tear based on a need for convalescence were dismissed due to procedural defects.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The claims for service connection for migraines and scars of the extremities/trunk were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for skin disabilities, to include actinic keratosis and residuals of squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma with scarring, due to exposure to toxic exposure risk activities (TERAs). The claims for vertigo and diabetes mellitus were remanded.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for PTSD and a 40 percent rating for lumbar strain, while denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted the restoration of a 10 percent rating for hypertension and denied compensable ratings for basal cell carcinoma scars on the face, anterior trunk, and posterior trunk.

The Board granted service connection for a skin condition manifest by acne and associated scarring, finding that new and relevant evidence had been submitted since the previous denial.

The Board granted service connection for the circumcision scar and remanded several other conditions, including prostate cancer, ED, suprapubic pain, voiding dysfunction, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, and granulomatous epididymitis, due to a need for further evidence.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of April 30, 2020 for the grants of service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right and left upper extremities, a scar of the left third toe, amputation of the left third toe, and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

The Veteran was granted service connection for lipoma on the back and scars, secondary to lipoma excision. The claims for an earlier effective date for lumbosacral strain and left wrist sprain were denied.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's s/p umbilical hernia repair with scar, as the evidence did not support a finding of underlying soft tissue damage or symptomatic intervals over the appeal period.