The Board remands the claim for service connection for basal cell carcinoma as new and relevant evidence has been submitted, warranting readjudication.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the submission of new and relevant medical records that provide a current diagnosis of skin cancer, an element necessary to establish service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- basal cell carcinoma (skin cancer)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25056772
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 868 · Granted: 42% (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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the claim for service connection for basal cell carcinoma, including as due to exposure to herbicide agents, needs further development and is therefore remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's skin cancer is not related to his service or herbicide exposure, and the VA examiner did not provide a rationale for their opinion. The case is being remanded for further evaluation.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including TBI residuals, PTSD, hearing loss, ocular migraine headaches, cervical spine disability, skin cancer, and others, were denied as the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and her military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder, finding no link between his current conditions and service or Agent Orange exposure.
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