The Board granted service connection for tonsil cancer and neck cancer, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on a private medical opinion that linked the cancers to Agent Orange exposure during his military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a causal relationship between the Veteran's current disabilities and his military service due to Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- tonsil cancer, neck cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24071331
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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- Dismissed
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