Skin conditions (dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis) decisions — 2020

The Board has granted service connection for right foot pes planus, left foot pes planus, and bilateral tinea pedis disabilities. The Veteran's conditions are considered to be directly related to his active military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's eczema and his military service. The Veteran is seeking service connection for eczema, which he contends was caused by an in-service diagnosis of tinea pedis.

The Veteran's lumbar spine disability was granted a higher rating of 40 percent effective March 17, 2014. The initial rating for bilateral foot tinea pedis and granuloma annulare remains at 10 percent.

The Board has ordered the case to be remanded due to incomplete development of records and lack of a VA examination. The Veteran's skin disabilities, including herpes, need further evaluation by a dermatologist.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for an addendum medical opinion regarding whether any of the Veteran's skin conditions are related to his service, including Agent Orange exposure. The appellant contends that her husband had chloracne and other skin conditions as a result of herbicide exposure in Vietnam.

Your appeals for service connection for psoriasis and a higher rating for bilateral hearing loss have been dismissed as they were closed when you opted into the RAMP program.

The Board has determined that the Veteran submitted a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) for multiple issues addressed in a December 2016 rating decision. The appeal is now remanded to issue an appropriate Statement of the Case (SOC).

The Board denied a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae as the Veteran's condition did not meet the criteria for any higher rating under either the old or new rating criteria.

The Veteran's cervical spine disability was rated at 50 percent disabling prior to November 30, 2002. From November 30, 2002 to September 25, 2003, a 60 percent rating was granted. From September 26, 2003, a 50 percent rating with separate evaluations of 40 and 30 percent for bilateral upper extremity cervical radiculopathy was granted. The Veteran's dermatitis was rated at 10 percent prior to September 17, 2004, and at 30 percent from that date onwards. Prior to January 4, 2007, the Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, leading to a grant of TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for contact dermatitis, skin cancer with related scars, GERD, PUD, DVT, and kidney disease due to lack of new and material evidence.,Service connection was remanded for hypertension.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction is denied as the evidence does not support a link between his current condition and his active military service. The Board also found that he cannot secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities, but did not grant TDIU as the schedular threshold was met.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have not rendered him unable to obtain substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for skin cancer and acne due to exposure to herbicide agents. The claims are being returned for further development.

The Board has decided that the Veteran does not have a hearing loss disability for VA purposes and therefore denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The issue of an increased rating for eczema with prurigo nodularis is remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions due to new evidence submitted after his previous appeals.