Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for right forearm skin cancer, finding no current diagnosis of skin cancer and that the Veteran's actinic keratosis is benign.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a current diagnosis of skin cancer on the right forearm, and the Veteran's actinic keratosis was determined to be benign and unrelated to service exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- right forearm skin cancer, actinic keratosis (right forearm), seborrheic keratosis (left arm)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088448
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