The Board has determined that the Veteran's current skin disability, including squamous cell skin cancer, is related to his exposure to sunlight during service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows a relationship between the Veteran's current skin disability, including squamous cell skin cancer, and his extensive sun exposure during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell skin cancer, solar keratosis, actinic keratotic lesions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0924976
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer to obtain a VA opinion and examination, as required by the PACT Act due to the Veteran's participation in a toxic exposure risk activity during service.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for squamous cell skin cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, tuberculosis, hematuria, hypercholesterolemia, and vitamin deficiency. However, the Board granted service connection for a right knee disorder, left knee disorder, and plantar fasciitis.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's request for higher-level review was timely submitted, and thus the appeal is considered valid. The VA denied service connection for various conditions in a previous rating decision, but the Board found that the Veteran's submission of his request for higher-level review was timely.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for squamous cell skin cancer as the evidence did not support a link between the condition and service.
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