The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left nasopharyngeal carcinoma as secondary to his in-service exposure to an herbicide agent, finding that the evidence is in relative equipoise and resolving any reasonable doubt in favor of the claimant.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in relative equipoise regarding whether the Veteran’s in-service exposure to an herbicide agent caused or contributed to his left nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and resolved this doubt in favor of the claimant.
- Claimed conditions
- left nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19173172
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