The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence linking the Veteran's skin cancers to his service, specifically his exposure to herbicides in Vietnam and sun exposure while serving as a dog handler. The Veteran is advised to provide any relevant private treatment records.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical opinion linking the Veteran's in-service exposures to his current diagnoses of skin cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancers
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22054306
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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
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal concerning the claims of skin cancers, migraines, sinusitis, and COPD has been dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.
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