The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151, finding that there was no evidence of VA negligence or unforeseen events, and concluding that the veteran did not meet his burden to show a nexus between his bladder cancer and in-service herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the veteran's claims were not well grounded as he failed to provide credible evidence linking his bladder cancer to service-connected conditions or VA treatment. The examiner noted no objective evidence of bladder cancer prior to 1992, when the veteran presented with hematuria and was treated at a private physician.
- Claimed conditions
- transitional cell bladder carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0023498
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