The Veteran's skin cancer, including melanoma and basal cell carcinoma, and the sequelae thereof are granted service connection. The Veteran's right upper extremity, left upper extremity, left lower extremity, and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy are also granted service connection due to herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's conditions are related to his in-service herbicide agent exposure, meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer, melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19138761
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What this means for you
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