The veteran's death was due to renal cell carcinoma with metastasis, including lung cancer. The Board found that the lung cancer was not caused by exposure to agent orange in service and denied service connection for both conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the lung cancer to exposure to agent orange in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal cell carcinoma, Lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2001
- Citation
- 0121039
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