Granted
Service connection for both tonsil cancer and prostate cancer has been granted based on the Veteran's in-service asbestos exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in relative equipoise, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the claimant.
- Claimed conditions
- tonsil cancer, prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25003873
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