The Board has found the previous medical opinions inadequate and remanded for a new opinion to determine if the Veteran's basosquamous cell carcinoma is related to his service, including herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous medical opinions did not address the Veteran's lay statements about sunburns on deck and did not consider gender-specific rates of skin cancer in Vietnam-era veterans.
- Claimed conditions
- basosquamous cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2022
- Citation
- 22046986
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for skin cancer and chloracne, as well as his claim for an initial disability rating for diabetes mellitus. The Board also found that there was no evidence of a pending or unadjudicated claim for earlier effective dates for service connection of peripheral neuropathy and diabetes mellitus prior to the August 26, 2013 VA Form 21-4138 and December 2013 VA Form 21-526. The Board also remanded several issues for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claim for basosquamous cell carcinoma is remanded due to the need for an addendum medical opinion regarding his current skin disability and its relation to service, including exposure to sun in service and herbicide agent exposure.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted. The Veteran's claim for service connection for basosquamous cell carcinoma is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between his current condition and exposure to herbicide agents.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the claim of service connection for skin cancer, finding that there was no evidence linking the current condition to service or a service-connected disability.
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