The Veteran's tonsil cancer is found to be due to herbicide exposure in service, and the claim for malignant melanoma is denied as not related to his military service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The VHA physician concluded that the Veteran's tonsil cancer is due to herbicide exposure during service, while the claims for malignant melanoma are not supported by evidence linking it to service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- malignant melanoma, tonsil cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2012
- Citation
- 1230465
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