The Board denied service connection for melanoma in the left knee, finding that there is no current disability and that the Veteran's private doctor's opinion lacks probative value.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show a current disability of melanoma in the left knee, and the private doctor's opinion regarding herbicide exposure as a cause of the condition is found to be lacking in probative value.
- Claimed conditions
- Melanoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19113911
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