The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a VA examination to determine if any skin disability found to be present had its onset in or is related to service, specifically his in-service herbicide exposure. The Veteran's claim will be readjudicated after this additional development.
The deciding factor: The claim was previously denied due to the absence of a listed disease for which presumptive service connection may be granted based on Vietnam-era service and herbicide exposure. However, the availability of presumptive service connection does not preclude a Veteran from establishing service connection with proof of direct causation.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of multiple basal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2011
- Citation
- 1101863
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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.
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