The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and providing an adequate addendum opinion from a VA examiner regarding the relationship between the Veteran's skin disorders and his service, specifically considering his conceded in-service exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the August 2017 VA examination was inadequate as it did not consider the Veteran's lay statements of skin symptoms from the time of separation from service to the present, nor did it consider the Veteran's conceded in-service exposure to Agent Orange and his in-service treatment for poison ivy and warts.
- Claimed conditions
- acne, basal cell carcinoma, actinic keratosis, seborrheic dermatitis, rosacea
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1801490
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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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- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection of squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and actinic keratosis as the appeal is considered duplicative of a previous decision.
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