The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate rationale in a previous VA examination and conflicting statements about sun exposure during service.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on an inadequate rationale provided by a previous VA examiner, who did not consider the Veteran's personal history of sun exposure and his private dermatologist's opinion supporting a relationship between Agent Orange and melanoma.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left shoulder melanoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2023
- Citation
- 23017454
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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.
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