The veteran's skin cancer is partially due to sun exposure during service, but the VA examiner did not determine if it resulted from a personal injury or disease in the line of duty. The veteran also needs an examination to assess his employability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner could not determine whether the veteran's skin cancer was caused by service-connected injuries or diseases.
- Claimed conditions
- malignant skin neoplasms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0421132
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0421132.
What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, malignant skin neoplasms, and neoplasms of uncertain behavior based on the Veteran's presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's hypertension is granted as presumptively related to herbicide exposure during service, but the issue of direct service connection for hypertension is remanded.,Service connection for malignant skin neoplasms and bilateral lower extremity peripheral nerve disability is denied.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a scar of the right axilla caused by the Veteran's service-connected Hodgkin's lymphoma. However, it denied service connection for malignant skin neoplasms as they are not attributable to service.
- Granted
The Veteran's diagnosed Basal Cell Carcinoma is found to be related to his exposure to sunlight while serving in the Republic of Vietnam, and service connection for this condition is granted.
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