The Board granted service connection for skin cancer of the head and neck, finding it to be etiologically related to in-service exposure to carbon tetrachloride. The issue of entitlement to service connection for tongue cancer is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA physician opined that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's skin cancer of the head and neck is related to his in-service exposure to carbon tetrachloride, but did not provide an opinion on the etiology of tongue cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- skin cancer of the head and neck, tongue cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0906779
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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