The Board has granted service connection for cancer of the tongue due to herbicide exposure and also grants service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, which is listed as cancer of the tongue.
The deciding factor: The positive nexus opinion established a link between the Veteran’s in-service Agent Orange exposure and his oropharyngeal cancer (cancer of the tongue).
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the tongue
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2018
- Citation
- 18128714
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the Veteran's respiratory cancer and its relation to herbicide exposure. The claim will be reviewed again with a new medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for cancer of the left tonsil and tongue, which he contends was caused by exposure to herbicide agents during service, is being remanded due to a lack of a VA medical opinion on the nature and etiology of his condition.
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