The Board has determined that the veteran's multiple skin cancers are likely related to his military service, and thus grants service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the veteran's exposure to sunlight during service contributed to the development of his multiple skin cancers. The Board resolves all doubt in favor of the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple skin cancers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0311997
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Decisions by this judge: 1,643 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Granted
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