The Board remands the claims for service connection for skin cancer, benign skin growths, and squamous cell carcinoma of the left eye to ensure that an adequate VA medical opinion is obtained.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record is insufficient to adjudicate the Veteran's claims due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in obtaining an adequate VA medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer (melanoma and non-melanoma carcinoma such as squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma), benign skin growths, squamous cell carcinoma of the left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25047011
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Decisions by this judge: 1,810 · Granted: 23% (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.
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