The Board has decided to remand the claims of service connection for skin cancer and thyroid cancer due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran's testimony indicates exposure to sun during service, and a private nurse practitioner suggests possible Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided are speculative and do not establish a clear causal relationship between the conditions and service without additional medical examination.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer, thyroid cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19143895
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for thyroid cancer, as it was not shown to be chronic in service and did not manifest within the applicable presumptive period.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for skin cancer was dismissed due to untimeliness, while the claim for squamous cell carcinoma was granted.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for thyroid cancer, finding a link to the Veteran's in-service herbicide exposure during his service in Vietnam.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the claims.
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