The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's current skin conditions are related to service, including sunburns and Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was asked to provide an opinion on whether any of the diagnosed skin disorders had onset in service or is related to service, including as a result of presumed exposure to herbicide agents and/or sun exposure that resulted in sunburns.
- Claimed conditions
- actinic keratosis, skin rash, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell cancer, skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19165022
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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
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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