The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for Kaposi's sarcoma and actinic keratosis due to insufficient evidence of a relationship between these conditions and his active duty service. The Veteran was exposed to herbicide agents during Vietnam, but this exposure is not related to the claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is insufficient evidence to determine if the Veteran's Kaposi's sarcoma or actinic keratosis are related to his active duty service due to lack of a VA examination and conflicting medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- Kaposi's sarcoma, actinic keratosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2018
- Citation
- 18140789
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for actinic keratosis, finding that his condition had its onset during active duty and is related to exposure to harmful sun while deployed in Afghanistan.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions, including adjustment disorder, benign skin lesions, actinic keratosis, poikiloderma, porokeratosis, Parkinson's disease, benign prostatic hypertrophy, hypertension, increased urinary frequency, diverticulosis, duodenal ulcer, and bilateral cataracts are all granted due to exposure to herbicide agents, mustard gas, and ionizing radiation during service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's request for an extension of time to file a Board Appeal request regarding the reduction in rating for actinic keratosis was denied, and the attempted appeal is dismissed.
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