The Board found new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for skin cancer and rashes, but determined that it was not sufficient to establish service connection due to lack of medical nexus.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted did not provide a medical opinion linking current skin conditions to service or Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer, rashes
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2011
- Citation
- 1100051
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for skin cancer has been dismissed because the Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal.
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