Granted
Service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death was granted due to herbicide agent exposure and service-connected PTSD contributing substantially or materially to the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion linked the Veteran's metastatic squamous cell cancer of the head and neck to both herbicide agent exposure and service-connected PTSD, considering the lack of other risk factors for cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102404
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