The Board has determined that the Veteran's skin cancer of the face and torso were not incurred or aggravated by service, including exposure to herbicides. The preponderance of evidence is against a grant of service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion found no link between the Veteran's current skin cancer diagnoses and his active service, including exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer of the face, skin cancer of the torso
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2018
- Citation
- 1819839
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What this means for you
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for emphysema, COPD, and skin cancer of the face due to incomplete or inadequate medical opinions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate compliance with previous remand directives and a need for new medical opinions regarding the Veteran's exposure to arsenic compounds, including Agent Blue.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded three issues: service connection for skin cancer of the face due to Agent Orange exposure, service connection for allergies due to Agent Orange exposure, and service connection for degenerative arthritis of the spine and IVDS. The Veteran's service treatment records are silent on any skin disabilities or back injuries. There is no current diagnosis of skin cancer, but his VA medical records show a history of a rash on his face. Service connection for allergies and degenerative arthritis due to Agent Orange exposure is remanded as there was not an examination assessing the etiology of these conditions.
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