The Veteran's request for service connection for residuals of skin cancer, including as secondary to herbicide exposure, is being remanded due to scheduling issues.
The deciding factor: The hearing scheduled was improperly conducted and the Veteran has not been notified in time. The case must be returned to the RO for proper scheduling of a hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1019457
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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 hypertension, Parkinsonism, residuals of skin cancer, actinic keratosis, and non-specific dermatitis based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during active military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of residuals of skin cancer to obtain an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's basal cell skin cancer is related to active-duty service, including in-service exposure to sunlight.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's residuals of skin cancer as they do not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for an initial compensable rating for residuals of skin cancer and scars, residual to skin cancer due to errors in notifying the Veteran and failing to provide a proper VA examination.
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