The Board has granted service connection for squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal septum with total rhinectomy, palatectomy, and maxillectomy.,The Board has also granted service connection for major depressive disorder as secondary to service-connected squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal septum with total rhinectomy, palatectomy, and maxillectomy.
The deciding factor: The IME opinion supported the Veteran's claims by linking his current conditions to his in-service exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal septum, squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1424730
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for prostate cancer and squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal septum under the PACT Act, which provides presumptive service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip is related to service, specifically exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for prostate disability, Parkinson’s disease, squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip, squamous cell carcinoma of the left ear, left knee disability, tumor on the chin, and facial tumor as there was no evidence of in-service injury or exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip and remanded the issue of service connection for hypertension due to lack of a VA opinion addressing whether it is related to or aggravated by service-connected cardiac ventricular arrhythmia.
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