The Board has determined that the veteran's squamous cell carcinoma of the face, including as secondary to herbicide exposure, is related to active service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The continuity of symptomatology since active service supports a finding of direct service connection for the veteran's squamous cell carcinoma of the face, including as secondary to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma of the face, squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip, squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal septum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0832203
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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