The Board found that the veteran's cancer of the larynx, vocal cord, bladder, and prostate, colonic polyps, and skin lesions were not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor may they be presumed to have been incurred therein.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not demonstrate that the veteran's cancer was manifested within a year of discharge from service or was etiologically related to any incident of service, including exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoma of the larynx, vocal cord, bladder, prostate, colonic polyps, skin lesions
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0634458
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