The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for multiple skin cancers and scars due to skin cancer is being remanded due to the need for additional development of his medical records.
The deciding factor: Further evidence is needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions, including whether there are active malignant processes or painful/unstable scars.
- Claimed conditions
- multiple skin cancers, scars due to skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20052471
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 80 percent for the residual facial scars caused by skin cancer and also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated medical records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected skin cancer disability. The claims for increased rating and service connection are also being remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left tympanic membrane perforation with intermittent hearing loss, polymyalgia rheumatica, and multiple skin cancers. The Veteran's claims were not supported by evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that his pancreatic cancer and death were not caused by or related to any service-connected conditions.
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