Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of skin cancer, ordering a new VA examination to determine if it is related to herbicide exposure during military service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examination was inadequate as it did not address the Veteran's skin cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- malignant growths of the skin (squamous cell carcinoma of the skin)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25006485
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