The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for the residuals of squamous cell carcinoma of the throat, granted service connection for a dental disability as secondary to the service-connected squamous cell carcinoma, and granted a TDIU prior to February 25, 2025.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating for the residuals of squamous cell carcinoma, but it supported granting service connection for a dental disability due to radiation treatment. The Veteran's disabilities prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment prior to February 25, 2025.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of squamous cell carcinoma of the throat, Dental disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25054246
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,455 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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