The Board denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for throat and jaw cancers due to radiation exposure. The claim was also denied for chronic pain syndrome with depression, which the Board found not related to service.,Service connection could not be established as the evidence did not show a relationship between the cancers and service.

The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the Veteran's throat and jaw cancers are etiologically related to his service, including any exposure to radiation. The Board found no medical opinion linking these cancers to service.,Regarding chronic pain syndrome with depression, there was no current diagnosis or evidence supporting a link between this condition and service.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"throat cancer","exposure_basis":null,"service_connection_theory":"direct"}, {"condition_name":"jaw cancer","exposure_basis":null,"service_connection_theory":"direct"}, {"condition_name":"chronic pain syndrome with depression","exposure_basis":null,"service_connection_theory":"secondary to service-connected conditions"}

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

January 29, 2019

Citation

19106767

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