The bug
Despite soul sand being a full cube, sculk veins can only be placed on the bottom side of the block. Placement on the sides and top will fail.
How to reproduce
Place a soul sand block
Attempt to place sculk veins on all six sides
Expected results
Sculk veins would be placeable on all six sides.
Actual results
Placement only succeeds on the bottom.
Fixed in 22w15a