The Board has granted service connection for tonsil cancer, scars as secondary to tonsil cancer, salivary disorder as secondary to tonsil cancer, and loss of teeth as secondary to tonsil cancer (for VA dental treatment purposes).
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's conditions are related to his military service based on credible evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- tonsil cancer, scars, salivary disorder, loss of teeth
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19176559
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Decisions by this judge: 1,429 · Granted: 29% (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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