The Veteran's skin disability, including his current basal cell carcinoma and other skin conditions, is being remanded for further development to determine if it is related to service, particularly exposure to herbicides. The VA will obtain private medical records from the Mountain Home VA Medical Center and Kingsport Dermatological Associates, as well as a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current skin disability may be related to his period of active service, including in-service exposure to herbicides, but this needs further evaluation through an examination and review of medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer, actinic keratosis, neurofibroma, lentigo, sebaceous hyperplasia, nevus, angioma, seborrheic dermatitis, xerosis, seborrheic keratosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2011
- Citation
- 1119789
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's service connection claims for skin cancer and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have been denied as there is no current diagnosis of these conditions, and the evidence does not support a causal relationship to active military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for special monthly compensation and service connection was denied due to a late filing of the Board Appeal request.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for actinic keratosis, finding that his condition had its onset during active duty and is related to exposure to harmful sun while deployed in Afghanistan.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection of squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and actinic keratosis as the appeal is considered duplicative of a previous decision.
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