The Board found that the primary cause of death was renal cell carcinoma, not lung cancer. The veteran's service connection for lung cancer is denied due to lack of evidence showing a primary site in the lungs.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence supports that the primary site of the cancer was in the left kidney and not in the lungs.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal cell carcinoma, Lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0629348
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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