The Board denied service connection for throat cancer with loss of salivary glands, psychiatric disability, cognitive disability, autonomic neurological disability, orthostatic hypotension, and residuals of strokes.,There is no evidence that the Veteran's current disabilities had their onset in service or are otherwise related to an injury or disease in service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was insufficient evidence to establish a relationship between the Veteran's current disabilities and his military service, including lack of continuity of symptomatology and no medical opinion linking the disabilities to service.
- Claimed conditions
- throat cancer, psychiatric disability, cognitive disability, autonomic neurological disability, orthostatic hypotension, residuals of strokes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22040717
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