The Board remands the claim for service connection of skin cancer due to in-service herbicide exposure for further development, including obtaining a new examination and private treatment records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain an adequate etiological opinion and outstanding relevant private treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, status-post sebaceous carcinoma, right scalp (skin cancer)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24068916
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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