The Board remands the claim for a skin disorder, to include squamous cell and basal cell skin cancer, due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's skin conditions.
The deciding factor: The December 2023 VA examination report provides conflicting information as to the Veteran's current skin cancer diagnoses during the claim period, and neither examiner addressed the Veteran's contentions regarding his sun exposure during service. Therefore, a remand is necessary for clarifying medical opinions regarding the Veteran's skin cancer diagnoses and their causal relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder, to include squamous cell skin cancer and basal cell skin cancer, malignant melanoma, actinic keratoses
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25001592
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