The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for skin cancer and high blood pressure as not well-grounded. The evidence did not link these conditions to an incident of service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence was insufficient to establish a nexus between the claimed conditions and an in-service event, including exposure to herbicides like Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer, high blood pressure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0017907
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