The Board found that the cause of death, renal cell cancer, was not caused or contributed to by service connection and denied the claim.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking the veteran's exposure to Agent Orange with his development of renal cell cancer, nor any other service-connected condition contributing to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- renal cell cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0606623
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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