The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claim of service connection for liposarcoma. However, the claim remains denied as there is no credible evidence linking the liposarcoma or its residuals to active service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have inservice herbicide exposure and his claims are based on presumed exposure which has been found lacking in credibility.
- Claimed conditions
- liposarcoma, splenectomy, muscle resection, colon resection, nephrectomy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2011
- Citation
- 1130142
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