The Veteran's tonsil and tongue cancers are granted service connection due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his Vietnam service.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved the doubt in favor of the Veteran, finding that his cancers were related to his presumed exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- tonsil cancer, tongue cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19196375
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What this means for you
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