Skin conditions (dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis) Board decisions

The Board has ordered a new VA examination to determine if the Veteran's chloracne is related to his service, specifically exposure to herbicide agents. The claim will be remanded for further development.

The Board has determined that further action is required to obtain the Veteran's service treatment records from his first period of active duty. Additionally, VA examinations are needed for fatigue, vertigo, bilateral foot/ankle condition, bilateral hand/wrist/forearm condition, and seborrheic dermatitis due to their complexity and the need for medical opinions.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic neck, back, and left foot disorders have been granted. His claim for increased disability evaluation for his left wrist carpal tunnel syndrome has also been granted with a current rating of 20%. The Veteran's claim for compensable disability evaluation for bilateral gynecomastia is pending.

The Board has determined that the appellant's skin disability, manifested by repeated recurrences of lesions on various body parts and requiring multiple courses of antibiotics, warrants a rating of 60 percent under Diagnostic Code 7806.

The Veteran's service-connected scars have been rated as noncompensable. The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the scars on the right leg, effective from the date of the initial grant of service connection.

The Veteran's neurodermatitis was found to be less than 5% of the total body or exposed area affected, and no systemic therapy was required. The Board denied an increased rating for this condition.

The Board found that the Veteran's skin disease, including pseudofolliculitis barbae, hives, irritation, rash, and fungal infection of nails, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for acne. The VA has scheduled a dermatology examination to determine the nature and etiology of her claimed skin condition, including whether it preexisted or was incurred in service.

The Veteran's asthma, hypertension (secondary to PTSD), and skin condition are being remanded for further evaluation due to the need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a new examination of his right leg skin condition.

The Board denied service connection for a lower back cyst and granted an initial evaluation of 10 percent for acne vulgaris. The Veteran's lower back cyst claim was not supported by evidence showing it existed in service or is related to service, while her acne vulgaris meets the criteria for a 30 percent rating.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence and a need for further investigation by medical professionals.

The Board found that the Veteran's skin disorder, other than tinea cruris, is not related to service and denied his claim for service connection. For pension purposes, the Veteran was deemed unemployable due to multiple nonservice-connected disabilities but continued employment as a letter carrier.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for chloracne, which he claims is due to herbicide exposure during his military service from October 1966 to September 2008, has been remanded for further development. The case will be returned to the RO after additional records are obtained and a VA examination is conducted.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a skin disease to include a skin rash, but denied both the new and material evidence claim as well as the initial rating claim for recurrent venereal warts with scarring and urethral dysfunction.

The VA determined that the Veteran's acne vulgaris does not meet the criteria for a higher rating, as it did not manifest deep inflamed nodules or pus-filled cysts affecting more than 40 percent of his face and neck. The Veteran was denied an increased rating.

The Veteran's claims for tinea versicolor, a skin disease (presumed secondary to Agent Orange exposure), and residuals of malaria are being remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, a skin disability (chloracne), Peyronie's disease, colon-rectal polyps, and throat polyps. The denial is based on the presumption of exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for depression as secondary to his service-connected disabilities is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for essential hypertension was denied. His claim for increased evaluation of bilateral tinea pedis was not granted, and his claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent for major depressive disorder (claimed as post-traumatic stress disorder) was granted.