The claim for service connection for skin cancer is dismissed. The claims of entitlement to an increased rating for PTSD and TDIU are granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew the issue of skin cancer, and the Board found that his PTSD symptoms did not meet the criteria for a 100% disability rating due to insufficient evidence of total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Malignant skin neoplasms (skin cancer), Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19114940
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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