Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for basal cell cancer and squamous cell cancer due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error regarding the adequacy of VA medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions provided are inadequate because they did not consider the Veteran's assertion that his skin cancer developed from burn pit exposure during service, which is relevant given the established Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105230
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