The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for cancer of the tongue and lymph nodes of the neck, but denied his claim for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The veteran is entitled to a new rating decision on these reopened claims.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the veteran supports reopening of his claims for cancer of the tongue and lymph nodes of the neck, while his claim for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma remains denied as there is no current diagnosis or relevant medical opinion supporting it.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the tongue, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0111660
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cause of death, finding that his conditions were not related to his military service and did not warrant a grant based on exposure to herbicides.
- Granted
The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are granted service connection as they were presumed to be related to herbicide agent exposure during his military service in Thailand.
- Denied
The Veteran's hypertension was not rated higher than noncompensable (0%) due to insufficient evidence of diastolic pressure predominantly 100 or more, or systolic pressure predominantly 160 or more.,The Veteran's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma did not cause any current symptoms or functional impairment, such as visual impairment, and therefore was not rated higher than noncompensable (0%).
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is related to his toxic exposures at Fort Ord during service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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