The Veteran's metastatic kidney cancer, including renal cell carcinoma and lung metastasis, is as likely as not incurred during his active military service due to presumed exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's metastatic kidney cancer was caused by his presumed exposure to Agent Orange during service.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic kidney cancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), lung metastasis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1630653
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death is related to service exposure, but further development is needed to obtain his complete SPRs and a medical opinion regarding the etiology of his causes of death.
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