The Board has granted service connection for renal/kidney cancer and bladder cancer, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The Board found conflicting opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's cancers and his in-service herbicide exposure but placed the pertinent record in relative equipoise, granting service connection based on this finding of equipoise.
- Claimed conditions
- renal/kidney cancer, bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2018
- Citation
- 1802829
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