The Board has determined that there is no credible evidence linking the Veteran's current tumors and disorders to his military service, including exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation. As such, service connection for these conditions cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a link between the Veteran's military service and any of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg tumors, neck tumors, liver tumors, benign neurofibroma (claimed as left hand tumors), angiomyolipoma (claimed as kidney tumors)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2011
- Citation
- 1114461
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- Denied
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