Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for oropharyngeal cancer, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and his military service.
The deciding factor: The persuasive medical evidence of record shows that the Veteran's throat cancer was due to HPV mediated squamous cell carcinoma and is not related to his service on any presumptive or direct basis.
- Claimed conditions
- oropharyngeal cancer (claimed as throat cancer)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011157
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