The Board has determined that the Veteran's malignant melanoma had its clinical onset due to sun exposure during his period of active service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in relative equipoise showing that the Veteran’s current malignant melanoma had its clinical onset due to sun exposure during a period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- Malignant melanoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19101273
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to malignant melanoma, as there was no evidence linking the condition to in-service sun exposure or any other aspect of military service.
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