The Board granted service connection for acrochordon and lentigo, both linked to the Veteran's service in Vietnam. The skin disability issue was remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a secondary theory of causation due to sun exposure during service in Vietnam, which is related to herbicide exposure under the Agent Orange presumption.
- Claimed conditions
- acrochordon, lentigo
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25007841
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,549 · Granted: 29% (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
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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