The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for skin cancer and finds that new and material evidence has been received. The Board concludes that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's skin cancer began in service, thus granting service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a history of sun exposure during military service, which contributed to the development of multiple skin cancers including basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma), sarcoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2013
- Citation
- 1333485
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