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

The Board granted a disability rating of 60 percent for seborrheic dermatitis with seborrheic keratosis, as the Veteran's skin conditions affected at least 40 percent of his total body area.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral claw foot, tinea unguium, and peripheral vascular disease.

The Board denied the veteran's appeals for restoration of a 20 percent rating for lumbosacral strain, and for compensable ratings for allergic rhinitis, eczema, left and right lower extremity nerve disabilities, and scars of the head, face, or neck.

The Board denied various claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for a skin condition, variously diagnosed as dermatitis and eczema, finding that the Veteran's skin condition was incurred in service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no evidence of a current respiratory disability, superficial acne, epistaxis, tension headaches, or significant limitation in the right little finger.

The Board denied the Veteran's request to revise or reverse a July 30, 2007, rating decision that denied service connection for lymphoid papulosis associated with T-cell lymphoma (claimed as atopic dermatitis) on the basis of clear and unmistakable error.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran not demonstrating good cause for an untimely filing of a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) within one year of notification of the February 2023 and March 2023 rating decisions.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for dermatophytosis or tinea pedis with tinea unguium and sinusitis as they were not filed within one year of the AOJ's issuance of notice. The claims for lead poisoning and mesothelioma were denied due to a lack of evidence showing current disabilities.

The appeal for a compensable rating for bilateral tinea pedis is remanded due to an error in the notice of decision process.

The Board remands the case to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically to obtain outstanding records from Dr. M.V.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hemorrhoids. It granted a 20 percent rating for mild degenerative changes of the right ankle with small osteophytic spurs from both malleoli.

The Board granted an increased evaluation of 40 percent for service-connected peripheral neuropathy in both the left and right lower extremities, effective May 29, 2018. Service connection was denied for ruptured neutrophilic folliculitis.

The Board granted service connection for dermatitis but denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, lower back pain, and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral pes planus and remanded the claims for a foot condition, tinnitus, and pseudofolliculitis barbae.

The Board remands the claims for an initial compensable disability rating for plantar keratoderma, a higher disability rating for psoriasis from August 23, 2023, and an earlier effective date for the 30 percent disability rating for psoriasis.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, GERD, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and psoriasis as there was no evidence of a current disability or that the disabilities were related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for GERD, right ankle pain, athlete's foot, low back strain, right wrist condition, asthma, atopic dermatitis, and right pinky finger strain.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for GERD and service connection for atopic dermatitis, finding that the Veteran's symptoms met the criteria for these benefits.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and TDIU due to a need for further development of evidence.