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.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records are needed to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's current skin disabilities, including any potential link to in-service radiation exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, actinic keratosis, sebhorrheic keratosis, solar elastosis, lichenoid, basal cell carcinoma, basal cell versus squamous cell carcinoma, verruca vulgaris versus hypertrophic actinic keratosis, actinic chellitis, sebaceous hyperplasia, Bowen's disease, punctate keratoderma of the right lateral malleolus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1419994
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's basal cell carcinoma. The Veteran is seeking service connection for this condition, which he claims was caused by exposure to water-based contaminants at Camp Lejeune during his military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's squamous cell carcinoma is granted as secondary to his service-connected eczema and psoriasis. The initial compensable evaluation for toenail psoriasis remains denied.
- 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.
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