The Veteran's skin cancer is service-connected as it was etiologically related to his exposure to herbicides during active military service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The February 2005 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's basal-cell cancers might be considered to be service connected due to known causes of skin cancer, including sun exposure and sunburns experienced in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Agent Orange exposure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0905356
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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