The Board denied the claim for service connection for Bowen's Disease as secondary to exposure to Agent Orange, finding that there was no evidence linking the disease to active service or to his in-service exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no association between the appellant's Agent Orange exposure and his Bowen's Disease, and concluded that it was more likely due to sun exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Bowen's Disease, Pigmented Seborrheic Keratosis, Papillary Intradermal Nevus, Actinic Keratosis, Chronic Dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0019617
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