The Board has granted service connection for metastatic RCC and assigned a zero percent disability rating for prostate adenocarcinoma. The Veteran's death was attributed to metastatic RCC, not prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran died of Stage IV (metastatic) RCC rather than metastatic prostate cancer based on medical records documenting no metastatic prostate cancer and undetectable PSA levels.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal Cell Carcinoma (metastatic), Prostate Adenocarcinoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2018
- Citation
- 1805782
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