Skin conditions (dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis) decisions — 2020

The Veteran's claims for service connection of various conditions, including PTSD, back disorder, shoulder and knee disorders, GERD, skin condition, neck disorder, and allergic rhinitis were denied as they are not related to his active duty service.

The Board has granted service connection for right foot pes planus, left foot pes planus, and bilateral tinea pedis disabilities. The Veteran's conditions are considered to be directly related to his active military service.

The Veteran's pseudofolliculitis barbae is rated at 10 percent prior to March 5, 2020. The Board has found remand necessary for further development regarding the right hamstring and right big toe disabilities.

The Veteran's tuberculin condition, lumbosacral strain, sciatica of the left and right lower extremities, left ankle sprain, keloid boils, and acne are not service-connected as they do not meet the criteria for a disability.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and other conditions have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, meeting the criteria for TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and dermatitis, finding that the evidence did not support a relationship to service or service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's recurrent dermatitis is found to have its onset in active service, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's eczema and his military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient rationale in the previous VA opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's stasis dermatitis, specifically whether it is related to his service-connected hypertension or bilateral lower extremity polyneuropathy, and whether it is related to his active duty service.

The Veteran's non-compensable service-connected disabilities do not interfere with his normal employability, and thus he is not entitled to a 10 percent evaluation based on multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction is denied as the evidence does not support a link between his current condition and his active military service. The Board also found that he cannot secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities, but did not grant TDIU as the schedular threshold was met.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for skin cancer and acne due to exposure to herbicide agents. The cases are being sent back for further examination and opinion.

The Board has ordered the case to be remanded due to incomplete development of records and lack of a VA examination. The Veteran's skin disabilities, including herpes, need further evaluation by a dermatologist.

The Veteran's cervical spine disability was rated at 50 percent disabling prior to November 30, 2002. From November 30, 2002 to September 25, 2003, a 60 percent rating for the cervical spine disability was granted. From September 26, 2003, a 50 percent rating for the cervical spine disability with separate evaluations of 40 and 30 percent for bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy was granted. The Veteran's dermatitis was rated at 10 percent prior to September 17, 2004, and at 30 percent from September 17, 2004.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for an addendum medical opinion regarding whether any of the Veteran's skin conditions are related to his service, including Agent Orange exposure. The appellant contends that her husband had chloracne and other skin conditions as a result of herbicide exposure in Vietnam.

The Board has determined that the Veteran submitted a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) for multiple issues addressed in a December 2016 rating decision. The appeal is now REMANDED to issue an appropriate Statement of the Case (SOC).

Your appeals for service connection for psoriasis and a higher rating for bilateral hearing loss have been dismissed as they were closed when you opted into the RAMP program.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have not rendered him unable to obtain substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied service connection for contact dermatitis and skin cancer with related scars, including abscesses, sores, and boils. The Veteran's GERD, PUD, DVT, and kidney disease were not found to be related to his military service.,Service connection was remanded for hypertension due to presumed exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.

The Board denied a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae, finding that the Veteran's condition did not meet the criteria for any higher rating under either the old or new VA rating criteria.