The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, metastatic renal cell carcinoma, was not caused by any incident of service, including exposure to contaminants at Fort Sheridan Army Base. Service connection for the cause of death is denied.
The deciding factor: Renal cell carcinoma did not manifest within one year after separation from service and there is no evidence linking it to service or service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic renal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2008
- Citation
- 0838876
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- Granted
The Veteran's metastatic renal cell carcinoma is service connected, and it caused the removal of his kidney and a jaw nodule.,Metastatic renal cell cancer led to the removal of the Veteran's left kidney and a metastatic nodule in the parotid gland.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, removal of a kidney due to renal cancer, and a metastatic nodule in the jaw for additional development.
- Granted
The Board granted entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as his metastatic renal cell carcinoma was related to toxic exposure risk activity in service.
- Granted
The Veteran's metastatic renal cell carcinoma is related to his active-duty service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
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