The Board has denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for recurrent vocal cord papilloma, finding that there is no evidence linking his current condition to his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a link between the Veteran's HPV and his active duty service, nor does it provide any other basis for connecting his current vocal cord papilloma to service.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent vocal cord papilloma, human papillomavirus (HPV)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1729909
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