The Veteran's request to restore a 100 percent rating for laryngeal and tonsillar cancer status post laryngeal mass excision and tonsillectomy was denied. The Veteran's claim for an initial 30 percent rating for status post laryngeal malignant mass excision and tonsillectomy (previously evaluated as active cancer) is granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support restoration of the 100% rating due to cessation of treatment, but supported a 30% rating based on residual symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Laryngeal and tonsillar cancer, Left leg peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19119825
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,480 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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