The Board found that the veteran's tongue cancer with metastasis to the throat was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and may not be presumed to have been so incurred or aggravated due to Agent Orange exposure. The claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: Tongue cancer, with metastasis to the throat, has not been shown to be causally related to the veteran's active service, including his in-service exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- tongue cancer, throat cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0820270
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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