The Veteran's renal cell carcinoma, including its metastasis and residuals, was not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor may it be presumed to have been so incurred or aggravated due to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: Current medical literature does not support a finding that kidney cancer is etiologically related to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- renal cell carcinoma, pulmonary metastases
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1143358
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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