The Board has determined that the veteran's cancer of the tongue is not etiologically related to exposure to ionizing radiation during service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the veteran was exposed to ionizing radiation in service, which is a requirement for presumptive service connection under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the tongue
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2002
- Citation
- 0200490
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