BVA Decisions on Skin

120 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving skin — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.

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• CAVCCase 96-1214 — Denied / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded February 11, 1999
  In the May 28, 1996, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied service connection for wounds of the lower extremities, frostbite of the feet, a skin disorder of the feet, heari...
• CAVCCase 93-1220 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 1, 1996
  In a September 1978 BVA decision, the Board denied service connection for a back disability....
• CAVCCase 90-58 — Vacated April 10, 1991
  The issue is whether certain material findings of fact by the BVA in its October l0, l989, decision should be held unlawful and set aside because they are "clearly erroneous" under...
• CAVCCase 01-345 — Vacated June 27, 2003
  STEINBERG, Judge: The appellant, through counsel, seeks review of a November 17, 2000, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) that concluded that new and materia...
• CAVCCase 95-984 — Dismissed June 14, 2001
  Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) affirmed the Court's decision that the November 1972 VARO decision did not contain CUE, but remanded the matter to determ...
• CAVCCase 02-1077 — Vacated / Denied April 14, 2005
  In an addendum, the VA physician opined: This veteran's CAD is more likely than not related to both his long[]standing smoking and his [hypertension (HPT)]....
• CAVCCase 94-1080 — Affirmed / Granted / Vacated November 26, 1996
  Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
• CAVCCase 97-1192 — Dismissed / Affirmed / Vacated Sep 6, 2000
  The appellant argues as follows: (1) that the Federal Government failed to provide documentation of his exposure to Agent Orange and biological and chemical warfare agents (Argumen...
• CAVCCase 04-181 — Vacated / Remanded March 31, 2006
  Kent, through counsel, appeals an October 8, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) decision that determined that he had not presented new and material evidence to reopen ...
• BVACase 08-2236 — Unknown
  Richard Hime appeals from the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“the Veter- ans Court”) holding that the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) had...
• CAVCCase 91-1665 — Vacated / Remanded March 30, 1995
  The issue presented by this appeal is whether the Secretary's imposition by regulation of a causal nexus requirement, i....
• CAVCCase 97-1971 — Granted / Affirmed / Reversed / Remanded June 3, 2003
  On May 29, 2001, the Federal Circuit reaffirmed that a breach of the duty to assist cannot amount to CUE and concluded that the appellant's contention that the RO's failure to adju...
• CAVCCase 95-232 — Reversed October 1, 1996
  An August 1986 RO decision stated that "no new and material evidence [had been] submitted which would warrant reversal of prior denial....
• BVACase 240530-443263 — Denied / Remanded April 15, 2025
  Establishing service connection generally requires (1) evidence of a current disability; (2) evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury; and (3) eviden...
• BVACase 14-2811 — Denied
  Kisor’s case, the Board concluded that two ser- vice department records, which were received in 2006 and 2007, were not “relevant” under the regulation because they did not pertain...
• CAVCCase 98-772 — Affirmed September 20, 1999
  In a rating decision of November 1994, the VA regional office (RO) confirmed and continued the denial of the appellant's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury...
• CAVCCase 95-673 — Denied / Affirmed April 9, 1997
  FARLEY, Judge: This is an appeal from an April 4, 1995, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not been submi...
• CAVCCase 92-970 — Unknown April 17, 1996
  On May 21, 1992, the Board denied a schedular evaluation greater than 10% for the service- connected left mandible condition but granted an additional 10% evaluation for that condi...
• BVACase 23029996 — Dismissed / Denied / Granted / Remanded May 23, 2023
  The additional documentation submitted since the September 2009 rating decision is new and material and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim of ser...
• BVACase 20005180 — Granted / Denied / Remanded September 24, 2024
  14-09 226A DATE: September 24, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for a low back disorder is reopened and to this extent onl...
• BVACase 230405-336506 — Denied / Granted / Remanded October 7, 2025
  The Board must assess the credibility and weight of all the evidence, including the medical evidence, to determine its probative value, accounting for the evidence which it finds t...
• CAVCCase 91-1688 — Unknown September 16, 1993
  In its July 1991 decision, the Board denied service connection for (1) defective hearing of the left ear, (2) residuals of an injury to the right index finger, (3) pseudofolliculit...
• BVACase 14-283 — Reversed
  Sullivan appeals from a decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”) affirming the decision of the Board of Veterans Appeals (“Board”) concluding that th...
• CAVCCase 93-985 — Vacated July 14, 1995
  This case presents the Court with three related questions: (1) Whether this claim was well grounded when only "hearsay" medical evidence (the appellant's statement as to what his p...
• BVACase 23012576 — Denied / Granted / Remanded March 1, 2023
  New and material evidence has not been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic migraine headaches, and the claim to reopen is denied....
• CAVCCase 95-0465 — Affirmed April 21, 1997
  NEBEKER, Chief Judge: The appellant, Ann Marciniak, appeals a March 27, 1995, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which found that new and material evidence h...
• CAVCCase 91-1074 — Vacated April 23, 1993
  Readjudication Based on New and Material Evidence Pursuant to 38 U....
• BVACase 19-3106 — Unknown
  2001), to determine that the “benefit of the doubt rule” under 38 U....
• CAVCCase 92-1235 — Unknown December 20, 1995
  In the June 30, 1992, BVA decision, here on appeal, the Board denied entitlement to service connection for Huntington's chorea and vascular headaches....
• BVACase 23063112 — Dismissed / Granted / Remanded November 29, 2023
  New and material evidence has been received sufficient to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection of a respiratory condition, to include allergic rhinitis and sinus...
• CAVCCase 91-266 — Denied / Remanded December 21, 1992
  Cuevas appeals from a November 9, 1990, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which denied his previously disallowed claim for service connection for hearing lo...
• CAVCCase 90-960 — Granted / Affirmed / Denied / Vacated / Remanded September 29, 1992
  Post-traumatic Stress Disorder When a veteran presents a well-grounded claim for service connection, the Secretary has a duty to assist the veteran in developing the facts pertinen...
• CAVCCase 98-354 — Reversed May 12, 2000
  In the January 1998 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied the veteran's claim for CUE in the April 1977 RO decision....
• CAVCCase 03-2009 — Vacated / Remanded August 22, 2006
  Roebuck does not contest the Board's 2003 finding on the issue of asbestos exposure and instead asserts that the Board erred in its 2002 determination denying service connection fo...
• CAVCCase 93-493 — Vacated February 4, 1994
  § 5107(a), that "the facts relevant to the issue on appeal have been properly and adequately developed", and that VA had complied with its statutory duty to assist....
• CAVCCase 92-1372 — Vacated / Affirmed December 14, 1993
  Additionally in 1984, the RO denied reopening of appellant's claim for malnutrition based on no new and material evidence, and denied service connection in the first instance for n...
• CAVCCase 01-2030 — Reversed / Vacated August 17, 2004
  ) A March 1985 BVA decision denied service connection for "residuals of treated hyperthyroidism" because new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the June 1976 RO...
• CAVCCase 99-2210 — Denied December 20, 2001
  5 In a Supplemental Statement of the Case and Hearing Officer's Decision of August 1996, the RO sustained the prior finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted to ...
• BVACase 25002467 — Denied February 20, 2025
  Thus, the Board finds that VA has satisfied the duty to assist....
• CAVCCase 90-1218 — Vacated March 2, 1993
  Watson appeals a July 9, 1990, Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) decision which denied his previously disallowed claim for service connection for Buerger's disease on the g...
• DecisionCase 23030797 — Granted / Remanded May 25, 2023
  19-12304A DATE: May 25, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence has been received to reopen a previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for hypothyroidism....
• CAVCCase 99-1390 — Affirmed August 20, 2002
  In the BVA decision presently on appeal, the Board found that because a September 1988 RO decision had denied service connection for PTSD (R....
• BVACase 06-1943 — Granted
  Gambill’s case, the Board concluded that the examiner who conducted the consultation examination “did not adequately address the etiology of [Mr....
• BVACase 200901-107174 — Granted / Denied / Remanded March 26, 2024
  The Veteran was notified of the denial in an October 2016 letter and did not initiate an appeal or submit new and material evidence within one year....
• CAVCCase 01-2105 — Vacated / Remanded December 23, 2004
  Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for its decision, the decision will be vacated and the matter remanded to the Board for further action...
• BVACase 23006286 — Denied / Remanded February 1, 2023
  The Veteran's cervical spine disability is not related to his active service....
• BVACase 190916-30775 — Granted / Denied / Remanded May 1, 2024
  The rating of ten percent for right index finger scarring from July 31, 2006, to July 26, 2016, was not clearly erroneous, has already been restored, and since July 26, 2016, the r...
• CAVCCase 94-883 — Unknown September 12, 1996
  In the June 29, 1994, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board found that the claim was well grounded but denied entitlement to service connection for PTSD....
• CAVCCase 96-47 — Denied March 25, 1998
  In April 1993, after reviewing the appellant’s claim de novo, the Board denied service connection for a gastrointestinal condition....
• CAVCCase 91-87 — Reversed / Vacated / Denied December 3, 1992
  The Court holds that the Board's determination that the evidence most recently submitted by the veteran was not "new and material" was correct....
• BVACase 20-3293 — Unknown
  Because we conclude that the Veterans Court properly interpreted the benefit of the doubt rule under 38 U....
• BVACase 02-1524 — Vacated
  The Board denied his claim in 1987, finding that his service medical records were negative for any manifestations of psychiatric problems and that a psychiatric disability was not ...
• BVACase 24019477 — Denied / Remanded May 8, 2024
  19-15 919A DATE: May 8, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence has been received to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea, and the c...
• DecisionCase 25009942 — Granted / Denied July 31, 2025
  At which time, the Board found additional information and evidence had been submitted by the Veteran, which raised additional theories of entitlement to service connection that wer...
• CAVCCase 95-1082 — Remanded / Reversed / Vacated June 23, 1999
  te for the assignment of a 50% schedular rating for service-connected PCS (claim 2), and found that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen a previously and fina...
• CAVCCase 90-396 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded / Denied October 6, 1992
  If the recipient of a final adverse decision submits new and material evidence to the RO, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) must reopen the claim and review the former ...
• BVACase 190610-20914 — Granted / Denied / Remanded May 8, 2024
  An April 2010 rating decision denied service connection for a lower back condition on the basis that there was no evidence of a nexus to service for the Veteran's back condition....
• CAVCCase 97-1831 — Vacated / Remanded / Dismissed February 8, 1999
  tion secondary to exposure to Agent Orange was not well grounded (claim 2); and (3) determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a disallowed claim fo...
• BVACase 23034679 — Granted / Denied / Remanded June 20, 2023
  As new and material evidence (NME) has not been received, the claim to reopen entitlement to service connection for a back condition is denied....
• CAVCCase 94-255 — Vacated October 31, 1996
  In the December 1993 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board found that the appellant had submitted a well-grounded claim, that the veteran had died due to a self-inflicted gunshot ...
• BVACase 220615-252249 — Granted / Denied / Remanded August 25, 2025
  e present disability and the disease or injury incurred or aggravated during service-the so-called "nexus" requirement....
• CAVCCase 94-688 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded September 6, 1996
  ) 6 In the April 1994 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board found that during his active military service "the veteran sustained a gunshot wound to the right shoulder" and that th...
• CAVCCase 90-335 — Denied May 3, 1993
  239 (1993), the Court concluded that appellant had not submitted new and material evidence and the BVA acted in excess of its statutory jurisdiction, authority and limitations, whe...
• CAVCCase 97-679 — Denied / Reversed / Remanded / Dismissed / Vacated December 23, 1999
  A January 1979 BVA decision denied an increased rating for schizophrenia and denied a claim for a rating of total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU); although th...
• BVACase 24026388 — Granted / Denied / Remanded July 16, 2024
  New and material evidence not having been received, the request to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), also clai...
• CAVCCase 98-1410 — Dismissed / Affirmed July 21, 2000
  The Board found that further development was required with respect to the veteran's claims for headaches, insomnia, mild obstructive airway disease, metallic taste in his mouth, an...
• CAVCCase 17-2879 — Vacated
  Euzebio “ha[d] not demonstrated prejudicial error in the Board’s decision to decline to obtain a medical nexus opinion” to evaluate whether Mr....
• CAVCCase 94-687 — Denied / Vacated June 13, 1997
  Pellerin, the veteran, determined that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for lumbar spine and right leg disorde...
• CAVCCase 10-2393 — Denied / Vacated
  The Board determined that AZ’s service records “do not show any complaints, treatment or diagnosis for any psychiatric disorder or any reports of injuries from a personal assault d...
• CAVCCase 02-1814 — Remanded / Affirmed / Denied / Vacated September 22, 2006
  He contends that the Board erred in finding that he had received adequate notice under section 5103(a)....
• CAVCCase 95-904 — Affirmed October 15, 1999
  The Board determined that his claims for service connection for a seizure disorder and a neck disorder were not well grounded....
• CAVCCase 01-997 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed June 19, 2002
  FARLEY, Judge: Before the Court is a May 14, 2001, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) decision that declined to reopen the appellant's claim for service connection for schiz...
• BVACase 23000407 — Denied / Granted January 4, 2023
  The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the Veteran's respiratory disorder was causally related to any disease, injury, or incident during service; or related to ...
• CAVCCase 93-288 — Affirmed November 21, 1994
  In a June 24, 1985, decision, the RO denied reopening of both the TDIU and chest-condition claims because new and material evidence had not been presented....
• CAVCCase 96-1170 — Reversed / Affirmed September 7, 1999
  Baldwin asserted that the original denial of his claim constituted a failure on the part of VA in its duty to assist him, lacked adequate reasons or bases, and was violative of VA ...
• CAVCCase 95-444 — Denied March 21, 1997
  A well-grounded service-connection claim generally requires medical evidence of a current disability; medical or, in certain circumstances, lay evidence of in-service incurrence or...
• CAVCCase 90-1150 — Vacated / Dismissed / Granted / Reversed September 23, 1994
  8 is a finding of fact that the Court must affirm unless that determination is found to be 'clearly erroneous'"); Bledsoe v....
• BVACase 12-3739 — Unknown
  After twice remanding for development of the record, the Board concluded that there was insuffi- cient evidence to support Mr....
• CAVCCase 94-557 — Reversed / Denied / Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed November 14, 1997
  A June 1979 RO decision granted a 30% rating for service-connected congestive heart failure, effective on July 15, 1978, and concluded that CDD and related muscle atrophy were not ...
• CAVCCase 03-1021 — Affirmed / Vacated / Dismissed / Remanded September 15, 2006
  In the first decision (Decision 1), the Board denied an effective date earlier than April 20, 1993, for the award of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) an...