The Veteran's cancer of the tonsils and/or pharynx is found to be incurred in service due to exposure to Agent Orange, warranting service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion supports a link between the Veteran's current condition and his in-service exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the tonsils, cancer of the pharynx
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1048301
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to evaluate the Veteran's current disability levels.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service-connected compensation was denied, and the appellant is not a dependent child of the Veteran. Therefore, she cannot receive accrued benefits.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and cancer of the tonsils, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
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