The Board has determined that the Veteran's renal cell carcinoma and gastric cancer are not related to his military service, including as due to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the Veteran's renal cell carcinoma or gastric cancer to his military service, including presumed herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- left renal cell carcinoma, gastric cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2018
- Citation
- 1811501
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's disability rating for his service-connected left renal cell carcinoma was reduced from 100 percent to 0 percent, but the Board has restored the 100 percent rating effective August 1, 2020.
- Granted
The Veteran's kidney cancer, diagnosed as left renal cell carcinoma, is presumed to be related to his exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune during service. Service connection for this condition has been granted.
- Granted
The Veteran's cause of death, gastric cancer, is related to his exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune during service. The Board granted service connection for the cause of death based on direct service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error regarding the relationship between the Veteran's toxic exposure and his cause of death, gastric cancer. The VA clinician provided an inadequate opinion.
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