Skin conditions (dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis) Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral flatfoot and acne scars due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including missing personnel records and inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining outstanding private medical records.

The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's left knee strain, left ankle disability, hypertension, and tinea pedis. The service connection claims for a right shoulder condition, right knee condition, and low back sprain were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and denied increased ratings for several service-connected disabilities, as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or aggravation related to service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to insufficient evidence to evaluate the claims adequately.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, back and foot conditions, precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board is remanding the claim for tinea versicolor to ensure that VA fulfills its duty to assist by obtaining private medical records and potentially scheduling a new examination.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including MDD and PTSD, as well as initial compensable ratings for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus. The claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, a bilateral eye disorder, asthma, and a skin disorder were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, but denied service connection for acne. The claim for hypertension was remanded.

The Board denied a compensable rating for seborrheic dermatitis with prurigo nodularis as the Veteran's skin disability involved less than five percent of his total body area and did not require treatment with systemic therapy.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for headaches with auras and a 10 percent rating for temporomandibular joint disorders, unspecified. Service connection was denied for various conditions including disabilities causing numbness, hearing loss, hip and spine issues, chest pain, dizziness, erectile dysfunction, psychiatric disorder, wrist disability, shortness of breath, ankle and eye pain, and sleep apnea.

The appeal was dismissed as the Veteran did not timely file a Board Appeal request with respect to the rating decision issued on July 14, 2023.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for psoriasis with psoriatic arthritis, to include as due to claimed PCB exposure, for further development and an addendum opinion.

The Board granted service connection for a skin disability, to include dermatitis and tinea, and a testicular disability. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea was remanded.

The Board granted initial ratings of 70 percent for right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, 60 percent for left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and 30 percent each for right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (femoral and sciatic nerves), while denying an increased rating for allergic rhinitis and granting a 10 percent rating for chloracne of the face, arms, and back prior to September 27, 2018.

The Veteran's service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae was granted, while his claims for hypertension and an evaluation in excess of 10 percent disabling for a right knee meniscal tear were denied.

The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism and denied the claims for a compensable rating for acne, service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis with hammer toes, and service connection for pelvic organ prolapse.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding VA's obligation to obtain relevant records from the Social Security Administration.

The Board granted service connection for enlarged liver (fatty infiltration), benign prostate hypertrophy, and tinea versicolor as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied increased ratings for the Veteran's cervical spine, GAD with PDD, left knee, right knee, left shoulder, thoracolumbar, and migraine disabilities. The claims for service connection for acne or residuals of acne, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), chronic sinusitis, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), respiratory insufficiency (dyspnea) were remanded.