Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address the Veteran's pharyngeal cancer and its potential relation to service, due to an inaccurate factual premise in the previous medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The previous medical opinion was based on incorrect information regarding the Veteran's smoking history, which is now being corrected through a remand for a new opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- pharyngeal cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107667
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