The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder warrants a 50 percent evaluation, and his skin cancer is secondary to sun exposure. The effective date for these determinations is not specified.
The deciding factor: The VA doctor etiologically linked the veteran's current skin cancer to his in-service sun exposure, supporting the secondary service connection theory.
- Claimed conditions
- psychoneurosis, anxiety state, carcinoma of the skin
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2002
- Citation
- 0216992
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's skin cancer and infertility are not etiologically related to any in-service event, injury or disease. The claims for service connection were denied.
- Denied
The Board found that the appellant's current skin disorder did not have its onset during service and is not otherwise attributable to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has not made a determination on the merits of the service connection claims due to incomplete records and needs to obtain the Veteran's service personnel records, particularly those from AFSC and NPRC. The claims will be remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's skin cancer, including stem cell carcinoma and residuals, is being remanded for further examination to determine if it had its onset in service due to sun exposure or herbicide exposure.
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