The Board finds that the Veteran's current diagnosis of basil cell carcinoma is due to or the result of sun exposure during military service, and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a credible link between the Veteran's in-service sun exposure and his current diagnosis of basil cell carcinoma.
- Claimed conditions
- basil cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2010
- Citation
- 1027615
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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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- Denied
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