The Board has granted the Veteran's request to reopen his service connection claim for keloid scars and has also determined that he is entitled to service connection for these scars.
The deciding factor: The new evidence received since the last denial established a link between the Veteran’s current keloid scars and active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- keloid scars
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19190726
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for folliculitis, inguinal abscess, and other conditions, and remanded claims for rash, tinea cruris, and keloid scars. The 30 percent rating for acanthosis nigricans, diabetic dermopathy, and necrobiosis lipoidica was restored.
- Granted
The Veteran's keloid scars are residuals of his shaving condition, which is etiologically related to his time in service. The Board has granted the claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not render him unemployable as a result of his employment history and the nature of his disabilities.
- Partly granted
The veteran is entitled to compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for keloid scars resulting from VA coronary artery bypass graft surgery in April 1999, but the claims for stomach infections and a higher rating for chronic epididymitis are remanded.
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