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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 352 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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