The Board granted service connection for tonsil cancer, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding a relationship to his military service, including exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: The evidence was found to be in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current tonsil cancer is related to his in-service STD diagnosis, leading to an application of the benefit-of-the-doubt rule.
- Claimed conditions
- tonsil cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24001897
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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