Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's tongue cancer is related to his presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary because the previous examiner did not address whether the Veteran's tongue cancer was associated with presumed exposure to herbicide agents while serving in the Republic of Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- spindle cell carcinoma at base of the tongue, status post glossectomy, palatectomy and pharyngectomy (tongue cancer)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098081
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