The Veteran's nasopharyngeal carcinoma is granted service connection due to herbicide exposure.,Residual vision disorder, face drop, and bone removal from right leg are all secondary to the Veteran's service-connected nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
The deciding factor: Service connection for the conditions was established based on a finding that they were caused by or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected condition (nasopharyngeal carcinoma) due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- nasopharyngeal carcinoma, residual vision disorder, residual face drop, bone removal from right leg to repair bone structure in face
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19187453
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of August 10, 2022, for the award of service connection for nasopharyngeal carcinoma based on the Veteran's claim being filed within one year of the PACT Act's passage.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable rating for papillary thyroid carcinoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, but granted service connection for vocal cord paralysis and odynophagia as additional residual disabilities due to the service-connected nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, claimed as stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx, is being remanded due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between herbicide exposure and the cancer.
- Granted
The veteran's death was caused by metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which the VA physician who examined him concluded was due to his in-service herbicide exposure. The appellant is granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and on an accrued basis for nasopharyngeal cancer due to herbicide exposure.
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