The previously denied claim for service connection for basal and squamous cell carcinoma is reopened and granted.,Entitlement to a temporary total rating based upon the need for medical treatment and/or convalescence for basal and squamous cell carcinoma is remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's basal and squamous cell carcinoma developed as a result of in-service sun exposure, which raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- basal and squamous cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19150057
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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