The Board remands the claim for a skin condition to ensure that all related conditions are considered and to correct a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding TERA exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- actinic keratoses, seborrheic keratoses, recurrent basal cell carcinoma, non-melanoma skin cancers
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25056235
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Decisions by this judge: 1,680 · Granted: 24% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for actinic keratoses was granted. The claim for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD was denied, and the issues regarding scars and other conditions were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin condition, including basal cell carcinoma, actinic keratoses, and dermatitis, as it found no evidence to support a nexus between his current conditions and his active-duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his skin condition, including squamous cell carcinoma and actinic keratoses, is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claim of service connection for a skin condition, as it is unclear if there is any relationship between the Veteran's current skin conditions and his military service or herbicide exposure. The case will be returned to the RO for further development.
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