The Veteran's service connection claim for cancer of the vocal cord is denied as there was no evidence of in-service exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicide agents, and no other event, injury, or disease in service that may be related to his condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection cannot be established due to lack of evidence of in-service exposure to Agent Orange or any other herbicide agent, and the Veteran did not serve in Vietnam. There is also no evidence of an in-service injury or disease that could be linked to the current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the vocal cord
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1726047
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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