The Veteran's renal cell carcinoma was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and may not be presumed to have been incurred during such service due to his presumed herbicide exposure. The Board found that the evidence does not support a finding of service connection for the Veteran's kidney cancer.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions were more persuasive than the Veteran's lay opinion regarding the etiology of his renal cell carcinoma and its relationship to active service, including presumed Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoma of the kidney
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1036648
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