Skin conditions (dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the issues of service connection for various conditions and readjudication of the character of service due to new evidence.

The Board grants an effective date of March 5, 2018, but no earlier, for the award of a 10 percent rating for service-connected tinea infection.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic urticaria, but granted a 30 percent rating for residuals of left salpingectomy, status post tubal pregnancy, from February 7, 2020. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder was remanded.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral tinea pedis, and migraine headaches for additional development.

The Board denied an increased rating for acne vulgaris, finding that the evidence did not support a disability rating in excess of 10 percent from August 1, 2016.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral eye disability manifested by blurry vision and remanded the claims for service connection for psoriasis, arthritis of the back, right and left knee disabilities, and a gastrointestinal disability.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction and remanded claims for fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), migraine headaches, and obstructive sleep apnea due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for a sleep disability and remanded claims for low back, neck, headaches, and skin disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 10 percent increased disability evaluation for pseudofolliculitis barbae, as it was not factually ascertainable that the increase in severity occurred within one year prior to the September 10, 2020 claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for hemorrhoids and service connection for anal fissure, acute sinusitis, and a skin condition, including folliculitis and skin tags/cysts.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 10 percent disabling for service-connected eczema due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the Veteran's use of systemic medication.

The appeals for service connection for migraine headaches, hemorrhoids, a respiratory disability, acne, and acne scars were dismissed due to a procedural defect.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded the claims for service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, currently diagnosed as mood disorder with anxiety, and denied service connection for acne and acne scars, sinusitis, headaches, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and allergic rhinitis.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected keloid scars of the chest, status post folliculitis.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for non-specific dermatitis and tinea versicolor, as the evidence did not show that his condition required systemic therapy for at least six weeks within the past year or affected more than 20% of his body.

The Board granted service connection for a skin disability (other than basal cell carcinoma, actinic keratosis, and contact dermatitis) based on the Veteran's in-service sun exposure.

The Board denied service connection for chronic kidney disease and headaches. The Veteran's seborrheic dermatitis, hearing loss disability, hypertension, and sleep apnea were rated as non-compensable or the assigned ratings were affirmed. Effective dates of June 15, 2022, were granted for these conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a higher rating for atopic dermatitis with cellulitis, as the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 60 percent.

The Board granted service connection for deep vein thrombosis, left leg and restored a 30 percent rating for migraines effective from September 26, 2022. Other claims were denied or remanded.