The Veteran's cancer of the oral cavity, status post partial right maxillectomy with lymph node removal is not shown to be due to his exposure to ionizing radiation or other disease or injury that was incurred in service. The Board finds no reasonable possibility that the Veteran's cancer resulted from exposure to radiation in service.
The deciding factor: The dose estimate and subsequent opinions concluded there was no reasonable possibility that the Veteran's cancer of the oral cavity resulted from exposure to radiation in service, given his minimal dose and other common causes for the type of tumor he had.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the oral cavity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2013
- Citation
- 1303537
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