The Board has granted service connection for PCT, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis of dormant PCT is related to his military service. However, it denied service connection for Bowen's disease and Extramammery Paget's disease due to lack of a nexus to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while there was no direct evidence linking the Veteran's current skin conditions to his military service, the presumptive association with herbicide exposure in Vietnam supported service connection for PCT. The other diagnoses were not related to service based on the medical opinions provided.
- Claimed conditions
- PCT, Bowen's disease, Extramammery Paget's disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2013
- Citation
- 1341851
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for skin cancer, including Bowen's disease and squamous cell carcinoma, as the Veteran's condition is related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's skin disabilities, including his basal cell carcinoma. The examiner is asked to provide an opinion on whether each diagnosed skin disability is related to service and if the current basal cell carcinoma is caused or aggravated by his service-connected chloracne.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disability, including basal cell carcinoma. The Board found that there is no direct link between the claimed disabilities and his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder, including skin cancer, as due to radiation exposure is being remanded for additional development and examination.
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