The Board has denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that there is no competent medical evidence linking the cause of death to military service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence establishing a plausible etiology for the veteran's death due to presumed Agent Orange exposure or any other herbicide agent during service.
- Claimed conditions
- renal carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0635363
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What this means for you
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