Skin cancer Board decisions

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a contracted 5th toe, tinnitus, lumbar spine disorder, vision loss, and skin cancer due to in-service sunlight exposure. The Veteran's hearing loss is also being remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for a bleeding ulcer and skin cancer, finding no current disability for either condition. The Board also noted that there was insufficient evidence to establish a link between the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents or sunlight during service and his current conditions.

The appeals for service connection for skin cancer of the nose, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's hypertension and melanoma skin cancer may be related to herbicide exposure during service, but more evidence is needed for a definitive decision.

Your claims for service connection have been remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for chronic myeloid leukemia, leukocytosis, and skin cancer, all claimed as due to ionizing radiation exposure. The evidence did not show the Veteran was exposed to ionizing radiation in service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need to determine if he was exposed to herbicide agents during his period of service, which is required to decide these claims.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete VA medical records and a need to reconsider whether he served in Vietnam, which could affect his eligibility for Agent Orange exposure presumptions. The claims will be returned to the RO for further review.

The Veteran's appeals for left ear injury, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and residual hemorrhoid surgical scars have been dismissed. The Board has granted service connection for skin cancer disability, PTSD, low back disability, and left lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy. Service connection for scalp scar is denied.

The Board has granted the appellant's application to reopen his previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a hernia. The claim is remanded for further development regarding other disabilities.

The Veteran's skin cancer, chronic arthritis, acquired psychiatric disability (depression), osteoporosis, and cervical condition were not found to be related to his service.,All diagnoses were either not present during service or within one year of separation.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's melanoma is related to his active duty service, and grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for skin cancer as secondary to his service-connected ileitis, regional enteritis, inflammatory bowel, and anal fistulas is granted. The Veteran's prostate cancer claim is remanded due to the lack of a VA examiner's opinion on whether it is related to his Crohn’s disease.

The Veteran's skin cancer is granted as service connected due to exposure to Agent Orange during his active duty in Vietnam.

The Board has found that the claim must be remanded due to non-compliance with previous remand orders and additional development is needed, including a dose estimate for radiation exposure.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for skin cancer, other than soft tissue sarcoma, has been reopened and granted.,Service connection for scars as secondary to the Veteran’s service-connected skin cancer is also granted.,An effective date earlier than March 31, 2014, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is denied.

The Board has remanded both issues for further development and examination to determine the nature and etiology of any neuropathy of the upper extremities and melanoma, including consideration of service connection based on herbicide exposure.

The Board denied service connection for metastatic melanoma of the lungs, finding that there was no evidence linking the condition to service or herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's appeal regarding a compensable disability rating for left arm non-melanoma skin cancer was dismissed. The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The Veteran's service connection for premalignant keratosis and nonmelanoma skin cancer with cutaneous photodamage is granted. An evaluation of 40 percent prior to October 8, 2011, for a low back disability is also granted.