PNC Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 How does one prove in-service connection for Actinic Keratosis when problems and lesions may not manifest for years or decades following over-exposure to sun? Denied and submitted NOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wingnut73 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I got a letter from an outside dermatologist Stating that fact. It is an established fact in the medical field. I am SC for actinic keratosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 PNC Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 To wingnut73 - Thanks Shipmate. Thought I might have to go that route since VA doesn't follow own rules and Doctor doing C&P was neither a dermatologist or cancer specialist and didn't ask any questions about duty stations and conducted the entire examination from her chair about three feet away. Only reference in denial letter for SC was a note about a "rash" I was seen for. In your case did you make any reference to existing legal precedence cases or Benefit of a Doubt Statute? Clear now for squamous cell but going back to VA Saginaw in February for treatment and biopsy of a lesion that just won't go away. BTW spent 4 years on carrier USS Midway out of Yokosuka, Japan - Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, The Equator; etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wingnut73 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Mike my E mail is robert.planeguy@gmail.com, We should talk via Email or my phone # is 606 369 1194 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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How does one prove in-service connection for Actinic Keratosis when problems and lesions may not manifest for years or decades following over-exposure to sun? Denied and submitted NOD.
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