The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of basal cell carcinoma on various parts of the body.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no pending request to reopen a claim for service connection prior to August 29, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- basal cell carcinoma of the chest, basal cell carcinoma of face, neck, and ears, basal cell carcinoma of the back
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001467
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 869 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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