The Veteran's metastatic tongue cancer was not incurred in service and may not be presumed to have been incurred due to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a link between the Veteran's tongue cancer and his military service, including herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic tongue cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2018
- Citation
- 1805118
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's metastatic tongue cancer is being remanded for a VA examination to determine if it is related to herbicide exposure in service, specifically Agent Orange. The Veteran also needs to provide information about all medical providers who treated him for his tongue cancer.
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