The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for skin cancer and an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss disability due to potential issues with evidence and need for further examination.
The deciding factor: The claims are being remanded as there is insufficient evidence or a need for additional medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's skin conditions and hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- actinic keratosis, verrucous keratosis, lichen planus keratosis, basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19124634
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for squamous cell cancer and denied the claims for an earlier effective date, service connection for implanted cardiac pacemaker, and several other conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, unspecified anxiety disorder, seborrheic dermatitis, and denied increased ratings for left shoulder disability, myalgia, left-hand disability, right-hand disability, right shoulder disability, kidney stones, plantar fasciitis, lung disability, actinic keratosis, and squamous cell carcinoma. The Board remanded service connection claims for several conditions.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and actinic keratosis based on the Veteran's in-service exposure to solar radiation.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for actinic keratosis, neoplasm of uncertain behavior, and erythema.
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