The Board found no evidence that the veteran's current skin disorders are related to service, including his inservice actinic keratosis. The preponderance of the evidence is against the claim.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that there is no correlation between the veteran's current skin disorder and service, noting that sun exposure is ongoing from infancy until later in life and does not make it more likely for skin cancer to develop at any specific time during service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer, malignant melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, dermal nevus, actinic keratosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0216281
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for skin cancer and a disorder manifested by urinary frequency, finding no evidence of current disability or sufficient link to the Veteran's active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for skin cancer was dismissed due to untimeliness, while the claim for squamous cell carcinoma was granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
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