The Board denied service connection for malignant skin neoplasm, finding that the evidence did not support a link to in-service radiation exposure or any other in-service incurrence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's dose estimate was below 10 rem where observed radiation effects are not statistically different from zero. The VA Executive Director concluded there is no reasonable possibility that the Veteran's skin cancer resulted from ionizing radiation during service.
- Claimed conditions
- malignant skin neoplasm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2025
- Citation
- 25008815
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Decisions by this judge: 1,044 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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