The Board has granted service connection for residuals of multiple excisions of a recurrent GCT of the left hand and wrist, as secondary to in-service exposure to Agent Orange. The Board also found that the Veteran's bilateral lung disease is secondary to his service-connected GCT of the left hand and wrist.
The deciding factor: The VHA opinion provided sufficient evidence to establish that the Veteran's recurrent GCTs were malignant and caused or aggravated his bilateral lung disease.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of multiple excisions of a recurrent giant cell tumor (GCT) of the left hand and wrist, bilateral lung disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1043900
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for eustachian tube dysfunction, bilateral lung disease, granulomatous lung disease, and residuals of a staph infection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran is seeking service connection for multiple excisions of a recurrent giant cell tumor of the left hand and wrist, as well as bilateral lung disease. The case has been remanded to obtain additional medical evidence regarding the nature of these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to address the merits of the veteran's claims, including obtaining an opinion from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology regarding the nature and cause of his GCTs.
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