The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for skin cancer of the face, forehead, and arms due to lack of evidence linking his current condition to military service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions found no association between the Veteran’s skin cancers and military service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin Cancer (Basal Cell Carcinoma)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19120875
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Decisions by this judge: 2,421 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied service connection for multiple skin conditions and bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the four extremities, both claimed as due to herbicide exposure (Agent Orange), based on a lack of evidence establishing a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's presumed in-service exposure.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus, but has remanded the issue of service connection for skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma) due to lack of evidence regarding herbicide exposure.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including hearing loss, sinus disorder, sleeping disorder, skin rashes and cancer, scars, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, and respiratory disorders. The decision was based on a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service or exposure to herbicides.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service.
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