The Board has determined that the veteran's death was caused by or contributed to by his service-connected essential arterial hypertension, which substantially contributed to his renal cell cancer.
The deciding factor: The medical expert opined that hypertension likely contributed to the development of renal cell carcinoma, and this opinion is considered in determining causation.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic renal cell cancer, essential arterial hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2008
- Citation
- 0836584
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error and an inconsistent examination report, requiring further evaluation of the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death, metastatic renal cell cancer and related conditions, is service-connected due to exposure to herbicide agents during his military service in Vietnam.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for metastatic renal cell cancer due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents, including Agent Orange. The hypertension issue is remanded as there is no opinion on its etiology.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's hypertension was reduced from a 10 percent rating to noncompensable effective May 31, 2016. The Board restored the 10 percent rating.,The Veteran's external hemorrhoids with secondary anemia are currently rated at 20 percent and no higher.
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