The Board has determined that the veteran's cause of death, advanced renal cell carcinoma, was related to his exposure to Agent Orange during service. The appellant is also granted eligibility for dependents' educational assistance.
The deciding factor: The expert medical opinion concluded it was at least as likely as not that both herbicide exposure and exposure to kerosene or aviation fuel were causal factors in the veteran's development of renal cell carcinoma, which was related to his service exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- advanced renal cell carcinoma, hypercalcemia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0100019
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