The Veteran's major neurocognitive disorder was denied as it did not have its onset in service or for many years thereafter and is unrelated to service, including an in-service head injury.,The Veteran's tongue cancer was denied as it did not have its onset in service or for many years thereafter and is unrelated to service, including presumed in-service herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a relationship between the current disability (major neurocognitive disorder) and service.,There is no positive association between herbicide agent exposure and tongue cancer based on cumulative scientific data reported by the National Academy of Sciences, thus denying service connection for tongue cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- major neurocognitive disorder, tongue cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24023247
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