The Veteran's skin growth on right upper extremity and bilateral lung nodules are not service-connected.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current disability related to the Veteran's in-service exposure, and his claims for service connection were denied based on lack of medical nexus between his conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin growth on right upper extremity, bilateral lung nodules
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2022
- Citation
- 22037264
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