Skin cancer Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for melanoma and a headache disability to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for skin cancer, to include as due to ionizing radiation exposure, for further development and consideration.

The Board granted service connection for skin cancer, to include right intertragal notch basal cell skin cancer, vertex scalp squamous cell carcinoma in situ, right temple basal cell carcinoma, and nasal tip basal cell carcinoma, based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Korea.

The Board granted service connection for headaches as secondary to tinnitus and denied a compensable rating for a scar associated with malignant melanoma, an increased rating for tinnitus, and remanded claims for service connection for right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss, and TDIU.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection for skin cancer, and the Board does not have jurisdiction to review this matter.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for skin cancer, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's skin cancer and his presumed exposure to Agent Orange during service.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, IHD, prostate cancer, and skin cancer as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to active service.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for service connection for skin cancer due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The appeal seeking service connection for right foot plantar melanoma, status post removal, was dismissed due to the Veteran not submitting a Notice of Disagreement as to a formal adjudication.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for painful scars, posterior trunk scars, and anterior trunk scars status post melanoma removal.

The Board granted service connection for skin cancer, finding that the Veteran's exposure to sun during his active duty service in Vietnam caused his skin cancer.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining medical examinations to assess the severity of the service-connected conditions and to determine the etiology of any additional lung or skin disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disability and remanded the issue of service connection for skin cancer, to include melanoma.

The Board remands the claim for an additional examination to address direct service connection and correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for residuals of melanoma as the evidence did not show that his scarring met the criteria for a 10 percent evaluation.

The Board granted an initial rating of 80 percent for left facial scarring and disfigurement from keratoacanthoma lesion status-post excision of squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, and basal cell carcinoma, effective July 23, 2021.

The Board remands the claim for skin cancer of the head, including squamous and basal cell carcinoma, to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error and obtain a medical examination under the PACT Act.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that his malignant melanoma, sinusitis, cluster headaches, and cervical degenerative arthritis with radiculopathy do not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating.

The Board granted service connection for choroidal melanoma, status post right eye removal, based on the Veteran's in-service exposure to herbicides.

The Board denied service connection for a heart disorder, right knee disorder, osteoporosis, pituitary brain tumor, and skin cancer as the evidence did not show that these conditions were causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident in service.