The Veteran's claim for service connection for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region has been granted. The issue of service connection for Epstein Barr Virus is being remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted related to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim, specifically the relationship between the Veteran's in-service mononucleosis and her current squamous cell carcinoma.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary in the head and neck region, Epstein Barr Virus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100055
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,680 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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