The Veteran's skin cancer is related to service and he is granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD from September 16, 2015. The Veteran also receives a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities. The appeal concerning the issue of entitlement to service connection for traumatic brain injury has been withdrawn.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's skin cancer is related to herbicide exposure during service and PTSD causes occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, including work and family relations.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma (skin cancer), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159675
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