The Board found that the Veteran's multicystic renal cell carcinoma was not incurred in or aggravated by military service and it did not manifest itself to a compensable degree in the first post-service year. Therefore, service connection for multicystic renal cell carcinoma is denied.
The deciding factor: The VHA opinion concluded that the Veteran's multicystic renal cell carcinoma was not due to his military service including his presumptive exposures to herbicides while serving in the Republic of Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- multicystic renal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1625338
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