Granted
Service connection for the residuals of a laryngeal wall carcinoma, including vocal chord paralysis, tracheostomy, and oropharyngeal dysphagia, has been granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was presumably exposed to herbicide agent and manifested a respiratory cancer, specifically cancer of the larynx, to a compensable degree.
- Claimed conditions
- laryngeal wall carcinoma, vocal chord paralysis, tracheostomy, oropharyngeal dysphagia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25003346
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