Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's squamous cell carcinoma of the left tonsil and tongue, finding no evidence linking it to service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuasively weighs against a service connection due to the lack of in-service documentation and the significant delay between service and diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the left tonsil and tongue
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25000569
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