Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right ankle disorder, skin cancer, and a thyroid disorder based on the evidence of record.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's conditions were found to be related to his military service due to credible lay statements and medical evidence supporting a relationship between the disabilities and service exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle disorder, diagnosed as tendonitis with a calcaneal spur, skin cancer, diagnosed as left nose squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and orthokeratosis alternating with parakeratosis and cytologic dysplasia of the basal keratinocytes of the right and left frontal scalp, right mid back SCC, right forearm SCC, left popliteal basal cell carcinoma (BCC), left shoulder BCC, left upper back SCC, left medial pretibial SCC, right pretibial SCC, right upper arm SCC, and left lower leg SCC, thyroid disorder, diagnosed as thyromegaly with diffuse heterogeneity and hypervascularity of the thyroid gland
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090001
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