The Board denied service connection for cancer of the pancreas and liver tumors, as well as a skin disability, both claimed to be due to exposure to Agent Orange. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to service or Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA physician concluded that there was no clear association between Agent Orange exposure and the veteran's pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, based on the rarity of such tumors and the lack of epidemiological data supporting an association with Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the pancreas, liver tumors
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2007
- Citation
- 0732389
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