The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, but denied service connection for a skin disorder including squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma and basal cell carcinoma. The veteran's hearing loss is presumed to be due to noise exposure during active duty service. However, there is no credible evidence linking the skin disorders to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while the veteran had bilateral hearing loss due to in-service noise exposure, there was insufficient evidence to link the skin disorders (squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma and basal cell carcinoma) to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, basal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0429372
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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