The Veteran's left eye melanoma is found to be the result of his conceded herbicide exposure during service, and thus service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided an opinion that the Veteran's left eye melanoma was likely secondary to his in-service herbicide exposure, based on known carcinogens in Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye melanoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2016
- Citation
- 1611066
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