Skin conditions (dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis) Board decisions

The Veteran's skin disability, including eczema and polymorphic light eruption, is being remanded for a new VA examination to determine its etiology. The issue of service connection remains pending.

The Veteran's psoriasis is currently rated at the maximum schedular rating of 60 percent, and a higher rating for this condition is denied.,For his left knee disability prior to March 31, 2021, he was granted a 10 percent rating based on painful motion. Since then, he has been assigned a 20 percent rating due to limitation of flexion. A higher rating for the left knee disability is denied.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's skin condition claim due to insufficient consideration of his testimony and NOD statements in a previous VA examination.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to incomplete development and inadequate medical opinions. The Veteran's conditions are related to his active duty service, but there is insufficient evidence or adequate opinion regarding the specific exposure basis.

The Veteran's tinea corporis was granted an initial rating of 30 percent, but denied a higher rating. The joint pain issue is remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for all issues related to service connection and ratings, effective from the date of the July 2016 phone call.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of psoriasis, hepatitis B and C, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) due to the appellant's death.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is being remanded due to the inextricability of his increased rating claims for service-connected conditions. The VA will consider both issues together as they may affect each other.

The Veteran's eczema is rated as 10 percent disabling prior to March 30, 2020 and in excess of 10 percent thereafter. The Board denied an initial compensable rating for the disability.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for restoring a 60 percent rating for psoriasis, so the appeal is dismissed.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including anxiety, depression, insomnia, toenail onychomycosis, athlete's foot, rashes on crotch, chloracne, diabetes mellitus type II, right upper extremity neuropathy, left lower and right lower extremity neuropathies, and a left-hand condition. The Board found no evidence of current diagnoses for these conditions or any nexus to service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a failure to obtain all VA and private medical records, including those from 1973 onwards. The TDIU claim is also remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the other issues.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus on a presumptive basis due to noise exposure in service. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, as well as his dry eyes and skin disability (claimed as eczema) are remanded for further development. Hearing loss is also remanded.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his skin disability was denied as the evidence did not show that more than 40 percent of his body or exposed areas were affected, and he had not received systemic therapy.

The Veteran's service connection for coronary artery disease due to herbicide exposure is granted. The cases of a recurrent skin disability (psoriasis) and an arm disability (fracture residuals) are remanded, as well as the initial ratings for prostate cancer residuals and a prostatectomy scar.

The Veteran's pseudofolliculitis barbae is rated as non-compensable, and the Board has found that his condition does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.,The Veteran's scar, status-post removal of sebaceous cyst, was remanded due to an inadequate post-remand examination without color photographs.

The Veteran's claims for initial ratings on several service-connected conditions are remanded due to the need for additional examinations and evaluations.

The Veteran's bilateral below the knee amputations are considered to be due, in part, to his service-connected tinea pedis. As such, the claim for special monthly compensation based on anatomical loss of both feet is granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and needs further examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's skin disabilities, including shingles, and their relationship to his service-connected viral meningitis and recurrent cold sores.

The Veteran's claim for service connection has been reopened, and the Board is remanding his claims for a skin condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to contaminated water exposure at Camp Lejeune.