The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for skin cancer, kidney stones, carcinoma of the right kidney with a nephrectomy, and prostate cancer with a TURP, all claimed as due to exposure to ionizing radiation. The Board found that there was no evidence of current disabilities or in-service exposures.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not participate in any radiation-risk activity during service and thus is not considered a radiation-exposed veteran for the purposes of presumptive service connection based on ionizing radiation exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma), Kidney stones, Carcinoma of the right kidney with a nephrectomy, Prostate cancer with a TURP
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0119778
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