Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and rectal adenocarcinoma, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The claims for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and hypertension were remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a positive nexus opinion from a VA examiner linking the cancers to toxic exposure risk activities (TERAs) during service. The other claims were remanded due to inadequate VA examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (claimed as cancer of the esophagus), rectal adenocarcinoma (claimed as colon cancer)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095664
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