Skin cancer Board decisions

The Board has remanded the cases due to missing VA treatment records. The Veteran's claims for service connection are not addressed in this decision.

The case is being remanded due to the need for a new VA opinion regarding whether the Veteran's malignant melanoma was not reasonably foreseeable.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for the claims of service connection for fibromyalgia, a back condition, erectile dysfunction, and skin cancer (including as due to herbicide agent exposure). As such, these claims are dismissed.

The Veteran's service connection claim for malignant melanoma and PTSD was denied. The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70% rating, effective November 18, 2015.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for lumbar spine disability, bilateral hip disability, and skin cancer as they require further development due to incomplete medical opinions.

The Veteran's service connection claim for a skin disability, including skin cancer and actinic keratosis, is remanded due to the need for further development of evidence regarding his exposure during service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a lung disorder, alcoholism, and panic disorder with associated depression and agoraphobia are granted. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea is remanded.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to December 28, 2010 for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II was denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not file a timely request to reopen his original claim and therefore the effective date is set at December 28, 2010. The Veteran's claim for skin cancer was remanded due to lack of an opinion on its etiology.

The Veteran's skin cancer and skin melanoma are being remanded for a VA examination to determine if they are related to his service, including exposure to Agent Orange.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for skin cancer, type II diabetes mellitus, and renal calculi of the kidneys were denied. The case is remanded due to procedural errors in the rating decisions.

The Veteran's claims for left lower extremity, lumbar spine, bilateral ear, skin or skin cancer, and psychiatric disabilities are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.,The Veteran's claim for nasal fracture residuals is also remanded as he has not been provided a VA examination.

The Veteran's right ear hearing loss is granted as service-connected. The left ear hearing loss claim is denied.,Service connection for a skin disability, including basal cell carcinoma, melanoma, and squamous cell carcinoma, is denied.,Service connection for deviated nasal septum is remanded due to the need for a supplemental medical opinion.,Service connection for sleep apnea (secondary to tinnitus) is remanded due to the need for a VA examination.

The Veteran's skin cancer was denied as there is no evidence of in-service exposure to Agent Orange and the preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that his skin cancer is due to service.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1151 for malignant melanoma was denied because the effective date cannot be earlier than December 30, 2014 due to the one-year rule.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, left and right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and melanoma are all granted as service connected. The decision also remands the issue of service connection for melanoma due to herbicide exposure.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disability and skin cancer need further development due to inadequate notice of information or evidence required to substantiate his claims, as well as incomplete medical records. The claims are being remanded for additional examination and opinion.

The Board has granted service connection for tinea manuum and tinea pedis, Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC), and hypertension. The Veteran's skin conditions are presumed to be related to his Vietnam service.

The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral nuclear cataract, eczema, psoriasiform dermatitis of the hands, left cheek sebaceous hyperplasia, and right cheek melanoma due to insufficient medical opinions addressing the etiology of these conditions in relation to service and exposure.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development and medical opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death, specifically whether his exposure to herbicide agents contributed to his metastatic malignant melanoma and atherosclerotic cerebrovascular accident.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for various cancers and renal failure have been dismissed due to his death.