The Board found no evidence of a causal connection between the veteran's death and his service or any service-connected disability, including exposure to herbicides. The cause of death was listed as lung metastases of renal cell carcinoma, which is not associated with presumptive service connection for herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence establishing a nexus between the cause of the veteran's death and his service or any service-connected disability, including exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- lung metastases of renal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0614407
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