The Board denied service connection for skin cancer but granted a 100 percent rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood from August 13, 2018.
The deciding factor: The November 2023 VA examiner's opinion that the Veteran's skin cancer is less likely than not related to service or exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune was deemed more probative. For the adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, the evidence showed symptoms of total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2024
- Citation
- 24031807
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the claims.
- Partly granted
Service connection for prostate cancer on an accrued basis was granted based on the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine, finding competent and credible evidence at least approximately balanced between service-connected prostatitis and prostate cancer. Service connection was denied for stomach cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer, the Veteran's cause of death, and dependency indemnity compensation benefits.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for skin cancer, including as due to participation in toxic exposure risk activity (TERA), finding no evidence of the disease during service or within a year after separation and noting that the earliest diagnosis was nearly 25 years post-service.
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