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

The Board granted a disability rating of 60 percent for prostatitis and remanded the claims for service connection for diverticulitis, dermatitis, and GERD due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied several claims for increased ratings and service connection, granted a 20 percent rating for left knee instability, and remanded additional claims.

The Board granted service connection for scars affecting the face and a skin disability, to include acne and acne scars affecting the back due to the Veteran's active-duty combat service.

The Board denied service connection for metastatic breast cancer of the right side but granted service connection for hemorrhoids and pseudofolliculitis barbae.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for seborrheic dermatitis and basal cell carcinoma to obtain addendum medical opinions addressing all theories of entitlement.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and remanded several other issues, including increased ratings and service connections.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for the Veteran's skin conditions, to include dermatitis and seborrheic keratosis.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance/homebound for further development.

The Board granted service connection for right thumb and right index finger disabilities, but remanded the claim for a skin disability due to insufficient evidence.

The appeal for service connection for eczema has been dismissed as the issue is now moot due to a previous grant of service connection.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for eczema and sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for prostatitis, bilateral foot onychomycosis and tinea pedis, and dismissed the claim for sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for an initial compensable rating for migraine headache with variant, sinus headache, and acute intermittent headache as well as dyshidrotic eczema (claimed as skin condition eczema and acne) to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The appeal concerning the propriety of the rating reductions for the Veteran's right distal fibula disability and tinea pedis was dismissed, while SMC based on the need for aid and attendance was granted prior to February 20, 2024.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, bilateral flatfoot, right knee bursitis, left knee bursitis, migraine headaches, and tinea pedis. However, it denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability.

The Board denied service connection for temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) and remanded the claims for hysterectomy, gynecological adhesions, recurrent urinary tract infections, bilateral knee disabilities, plantar fasciitis, hammertoes, hallux valgus, lumbar spine disability, lower extremity sciatica, and dermatitis due to a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claim for further development as it is unable to consider evidence submitted after the August 2022 agency of original jurisdiction decision.

The appeal under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) was dismissed as the Appellant did not withdraw her Legacy appeal for the same issue.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for pseudofolliculitis barbae, but denied increased ratings for right knee strain, right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, and left varicocele. The claim for special monthly compensation was also denied.

The Board granted an initial increased 60 percent rating for service-connected eczema and a 20 percent rating for the right ankle disability, effective from the date of claim.