The Board has determined that the veteran's squamous cell cancer of the tonsils was incurred in active service, and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Competent evidence established a medical nexus between the veteran's exposure to herbicides during service and his current diagnosis of squamous cell cancer of the tonsils.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell cancer of the tonsils
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0824005
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