Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion from a dermatologist to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's skin condition, as there was not substantial compliance with previous remand directives.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient evidence provided by the September 2025 VA examiner regarding the Veteran's direct service connection theory due to inadequate rationale and failure to address relevant lay statements.
- Claimed conditions
- polymorphous light eruption, skin cancer (basal and squamous cell carcinoma), residual scarring post-skin cancer removal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- 25014310
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