The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, scheduling the Veteran for VA skin and scar examinations, and readjudicating the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous VA examination reports did not resolve conflicting medical evidence regarding the number of scars, location, number of painful scars, coverage area, and whether the Veteran had undergone any treatment with medication in the past twelve months. Therefore, an additional VA examination is needed to address these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma (BCC), malignant melanoma excisions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23044489
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for actinic keratosis, finding that his condition had its onset during active duty and is related to exposure to harmful sun while deployed in Afghanistan.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection of squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and actinic keratosis as the appeal is considered duplicative of a previous decision.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions, including adjustment disorder, benign skin lesions, actinic keratosis, poikiloderma, porokeratosis, Parkinson's disease, benign prostatic hypertrophy, hypertension, increased urinary frequency, diverticulosis, duodenal ulcer, and bilateral cataracts are all granted due to exposure to herbicide agents, mustard gas, and ionizing radiation during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a VA medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed blood clots in the left leg. The claim for service connection for basal cell carcinoma (BCC) remains denied.
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