Skin conditions (dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis) decisions — 2010

Your increased rating appeal and the reopening of your service connection claims for left shoulder disorder and ventral hernia are being remanded to the RO for further action.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic skin disorder, including as due to exposure to Agent Orange, finding no new and material evidence that related his current condition to his military service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected skin disability.

The Board has determined that recovery of the overpayment would be against equity and good conscience due to undue financial hardship, lack of fault on the part of the appellant, and unjust enrichment if the benefits were not recovered.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a skin disability or avascular necrosis of the left hip that is attributable to his active military service, including exposure to herbicide. The VA examiners found no evidence linking these conditions to his period of service.

The Board has ordered a remand for further examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's skin disorders, including whether they are related to service. The case will be returned to the RO for readjudication.

The Board denied an effective date prior to April 22, 1998 for the assignment of a 50 percent rating for PFB with acne vulgaris and seborrheic dermatitis. The Veteran's claim was not granted.

The Veteran's claim seeking a rating in excess of 10 percent for parapsoriasis was denied because he refused (without good cause) to be examined upon being scheduled in connection with his claim for increase.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for tinea pedis and a low back disability were denied, as the evidence did not establish that these conditions had their onset in or are otherwise related to his military service. The claim for an increased rating for hemorrhoids was also denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current skin conditions of the hands and groin are causally related to his military service, granting him service connection.

The Veteran's symptoms have been attributed to known clinical diagnoses, and the Board finds that he does not have a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness related to his service in Southwest Asia.

The Board denied a rating higher than 10 percent for the Veteran's pseudofolliculitis barbae. The case was remanded multiple times, and after additional development, the AMC issued a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC) confirming the existing 10 percent rating. However, more recent evidence has been submitted to the Board.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claims of service connection for a left knee disorder, skin disorders (tinea corporis, venereal warts, hand warts, pseudofolliculitis), and a left wrist fracture. The claims are therefore denied.

The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral tinea pedis and onychomycosis, ulcers, heart disorder with hypertension, GERD, prostate disorder, erectile dysfunction, diverticulitis, skin disorder of the hands and feet, and pre-cancer skin condition are all related to his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's PFB with cystic acne has been rated at 30 percent since May 26, 2009. This rating is based on the current manifestations of his condition.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and higher ratings have been denied. The Board has granted service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome of the left hand.

The Board found no evidence of a chronic hip disability following service and denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for eczema and secondary service connection for his hip disability.

The Veteran's service-connected tinea cruris and tinea pedis have been rated as a 10 percent disability, effective from the date of the decision.

The Veteran's service-connected skin condition has been rated at 30 percent, but the Board granted a higher rating of 60 percent based on exacerbations lasting a week or more, two or three times per year.

The Veteran's skin disability, which includes tinea pedis, onychomycosis, tinea manum, and tinea cruris, was rated at 10 percent prior to August 30, 2002. From that date, the rating increased to 30 percent.