The Board has granted service connection for a skin disorder, including basal cell carcinomas and actinic keratoses, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion found that the Veteran's current skin conditions are at least as likely as not caused by exposure to sunlight during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Basal cell carcinomas, Actinic keratoses
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2026
- Citation
- 26000164
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's skin cancer and actinic keratoses are found to be related to his military service, specifically sun exposure as a lifeguard. The Board has granted the claim for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for ischemic heart disease due to lack of a current diagnosis. The skin condition claim is remanded as there is insufficient medical evidence to accurately decide the Veteran's claim.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's skin disorders are at least as likely as not related to his active service, particularly to his overexposure to the sun during his tour in Vietnam.
- Granted
The Veteran's skin disabilities other than tinea versicolor, tinea cruris, tinea pedis and tinea unguium are service-connected. His allergic rhinitis and bilateral serous otitis media were not incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
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