The veteran's service-connected reflux disorder with residuals from tongue cancer, status-post tongue resection, was granted a 30 percent rating effective June 30, 2006.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that it was at least as likely as not that the veteran's tongue cancer was caused by his long-standing GERD.
- Claimed conditions
- Reflux Disorder, Tongue Cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 20, 2007
- Citation
- 0721947
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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