The Board remands the claim for service connection for skin cancer to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing the Veteran's exposure to jet fuel and firefighting foam.
The deciding factor: The examiner's rationale did not fully address the Veteran's claimed exposure to jet fuels and firefighting foam, leading to an incomplete analysis.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103817
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Decisions by this judge: 1,858 · 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
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