GrantedPACT Act
The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 1, 2021, for the award of service connection for squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and related disabilities.
The deciding factor: VA did not need to rely on the liberalizing provisions of the PACT Act to grant the claim, as it was based on direct service connection due to in-service herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, speech impairment, as secondary to squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, scars of the head, face, or neck, as secondary to squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25104884
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