Prolonged sunlight exposure

Non melanotic malignant neoplasm of the skin - Prolonged sunlight exposure Factor

Sunlight exposure as a factor requires only a total dose (in hours) of sun exposure to unprotected skin at the affected site.  It will be necessary to consider and determine different body sites separately (see Advisory Note No. 4 of '04) to account for different exposure at the different sites. The factor requires sunlight exposure for a specified number of hours while in a tropical area or equivalent sunlight exposure in other latitude zones. The RMA has specified a weighting factor to be applied depending on the latitude zone where sunlight exposure took place.

Last reviewed for CCPS 26 September 2007.

Preliminary questions [34474]

34475  the veteran has established the causal connection between sunlight exposure to unprotected skin and VEA service for the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

34476   the veteran has established the causal connection between sunlight exposure to unprotected skin and operational service for the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

or

34477   the veteran has established the causal connection between sunlight exposure to unprotected skin and eligible service for the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

Clinical onset and operational service [34476]

34478 the veteran had sunlight exposure to unprotected skin of side and site of the body for at least 2250 hours, normalised for latitude, at some time.

34480 the veteran had sunlight exposure to unprotected skin of side and site of the body for at least 2250 hours, normalised for latitude, before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

34482 operational service made a material contribution to the veteran's sunlight exposure to unprotected skin of side and site of the body for at least 2250 hours, normalised for latitude, before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

Clinical onset and eligible service [34477]

34479 the veteran had sunlight exposure to unprotected skin of side and site of the body for at least 4500 hours, normalised for latitude, at some time.

34481 the veteran had sunlight exposure to unprotected skin of side and site of the body for at least 4500 hours, normalised for latitude, before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

34483 eligible service made a material contribution to the veteran's sunlight exposure to unprotected skin of side and site of the body for at least 4500 hours, normalised for latitude, before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.