Denied
The Board denied the petition to readjudicate the prior denial of the claim for service connection for skin cancer due to new and relevant evidence not being received. The Board also remanded the issue regarding entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), to include as secondary to service-connected other specified trauma-related disorder and/or hypertension.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the last final rating decision in 2017 was found to be redundant of prior evidence, thus not new and relevant. Therefore, no reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for skin cancer was raised.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097779
Want to see how appeals like this one tend to go? Appeals like mine
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.