The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for skin cancer due to Agent Orange exposure. The issue of service connection for lymphedema, as secondary to skin cancer, and the PTSD rating appeal are remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial supports reopening the claim for service connection for skin cancer due to Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, lymphedema
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19182296
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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