The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for skin cancers and disabilities, finding that his conditions are not related to his inservice herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's diagnosed conditions are not caused by or a result of his inservice exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Malignant Melanoma, Basal Cell Carcinoma, Hypertrophic Actinic Keratosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2013
- Citation
- 1331318
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's malignant melanoma is granted service connection due to presumed exposure to herbicides during his active duty service.
- Granted
The Veteran's malignant melanoma and related conditions have been granted increased ratings, effective dates for earlier effective dates, and SMC housebound status from January 18, 2024, to August 31, 2024.,Service connection has also been established for a right eye condition as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected malignant melanoma.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an increased initial rating of 100 percent for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and remanded the claim for service connection for basal cell carcinoma.
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