The Board has denied service connection for a right kidney cyst, but granted service connection for skin cancer of the left ear. The decision is mixed as one issue was granted and another was denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection could not be established due to lack of medical evidence linking the conditions to service or radiation exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- right kidney cyst, left ear skin disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0022341
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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