The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for squamous cell skin cancers due to radiation exposure with secondary bone cancer, finding that the earliest date of entitlement is April 22, 2002.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of bone cancer in service or within one year following discharge, and the claim was not reopened prior to April 22, 2002.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell skin cancers, bone cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2014
- Citation
- 1452674
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