The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for appendix cancer, finding that there was no evidence of a link between his active duty service and his condition. The examiner concluded that the Veteran's appendix cancer is not related to his military service, including exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence linking the Veteran's appendix cancer to his military service or to herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- appendix cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2017
- Citation
- 1703837
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