The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for residuals of tonsillectomy and resection of benign vocal cord lesions, based on newly submitted relevant service department records.
The deciding factor: The new service treatment records were relevant as they pertained to the in-service element of the Veteran's service connection claims, which was the basis of the prior 2008 denial.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of resection of benign vocal cord lesions, Residuals of tonsillectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25034996
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 772 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Denied
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