The Veteran has not had a skin condition other than skin cancer during the pendency of this claim, and thus, service connection for such is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no current evidence showing that the Veteran has a skin condition other than skin cancer. The Veteran's private and VA treatment records only contain diagnoses related to skin cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- skin condition other than skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2015
- Citation
- 1515646
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to concerns about the competence of the medical examiners who provided opinions on the skin condition other than skin cancer.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to incomplete service treatment records. The Veteran is seeking service connection for a sleep condition, skin cancer, and a skin condition other than skin cancer.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, finding that the Veteran's current condition is at least as likely as not related to his active service. The other issues remain pending and will be addressed in a separate decision.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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