The Board found that the Veteran's throat cancer is not service-connected, as there is no evidence linking his current condition to his presumed exposure to herbicides during service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examinations and treatment records do not establish a link between the Veteran's presumed Agent Orange exposure and his current diagnosis of laryngeal cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- Throat cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2009
- Citation
- 0943928
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