The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for skin cancer of the right cheek and left arm due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between his in-service exposure to ultraviolet light and his current condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was asked to consider whether the Veteran's exposure to ultraviolet light during service alone was sufficient to cause his basal cell carcinomas, as well as the relevance of post-service sun exposure to the question of causation.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer of the right cheek, skin cancer of the left arm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22038649
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for vertigo, respiratory disorder, hypertension, circulatory disorder, skin cancer of the left arm with residual scar, and diabetes mellitus, type II are all denied. The Board found that there is no evidence to support a current diagnosis or relationship between these conditions and military service.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for asthma, skin cancer of the left arm, and diabetes mellitus, type II were also denied as they did not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection due to herbicide agent exposure.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death. The Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this case.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's skin cancer of the left arm and cancer of the lip were incurred in service due to exposure to sun. As such, these conditions are granted service connection.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but denied service connection for skin cancer of the left arm (as secondary to service-connected left hand osteoarthritis), cancer of the lip, inner ear disorder (vertigo), and bilateral hearing loss. The decision on the issue of service connection for tinnitus is based on direct evidence.
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