The Veteran's tongue cancer is found to be related to his exposure to herbicide agents in service, and the claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: Multiple medical opinions support a finding that the Veteran's tongue cancer was caused by his exposure to Agent Orange during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Tongue cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19147591
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Decisions by this judge: 1,812 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the cause of the Veteran's death is remanded due to insufficient medical opinion regarding his service connection for the cause of death, specifically related to his diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
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