Scars Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for cerebral infarction and dizziness, and assigned a 50% rating for migraine headaches starting from May 30, 2019.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have been found to render him unable to physically care for himself, thereby granting special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal for service connection for pulmonary hypertension with acute respiratory failure, chronic renal insufficiency, and a scar, status post endarterectomy.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected mental health disorder anxiety disorder, but denied increased ratings and compensable ratings for other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left forearm scar and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted restoration of service connection for a painful linear scar, left lateral trunk, status post pyeloplasty, effective January 1, 2023, and an earlier effective date of March 14, 2017, but denied higher initial ratings.

The Board granted restoration of service connection for a painful linear scar, left lateral trunk, status post pyeloplasty, effective January 1, 2023, and an earlier effective date of March 14, 2017, but denied higher initial ratings.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable disability rating for a right inguinal hernia and residuals thereof, as well as for surgical abdominal scars (as a residual of surgery to repair right inguinal hernia), based on the evidence not supporting a more severe condition than noncompensable.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to correct the pre-decisional duty to assist error and to obtain an adequate VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board granted the restoration of a 20 percent evaluation for service-connected bilateral temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction effective June 23, 2022, and denied increased ratings for other conditions.

The Board denied increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, including trauma- and stressor-related disorder, diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, knee disabilities, and scars.

The Board granted the veteran's appeal and reinstated a 10 percent disability rating for painful scars effective July 22, 2022, due to improper reduction of the rating.

The Board remands the claims for further development due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection and initial ratings for various conditions, including a scar on back of neck/head, right hip limited abduction, adduction, and rotation, PTSD, OSA, hip stress fractures, tibia stress fracture, foot pes planus, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), and erectile dysfunction (ED).

The Board granted service connection for residuals of a left wrist injury, left calf scar, and right elbow lateral epicondylitis. The claims for residuals of a left calf injury and left shoulder impingement syndrome were remanded.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to the combined effects of his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and granted restoration of a 10 percent disability rating for hypertension, while dismissing appeals for compensable ratings for certain surgical scars and maxillary sinusitis. The Board also remanded several issues including service connection for residuals of left varicocelectomy, to include a hydrocele, and other disability ratings.

The Board granted a separate 20 percent rating for limited motion of the right shoulder associated with the service-connected scar on the right back trunk, effective May 26, 2023. Other claims were denied.

The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for the painful scar of the posterior trunk and remanded claims for increased ratings for lumbar spine herniated disc and right lower extremity radiculopathy.