The Veteran's bladder cancer is presumed to have incurred in service due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, and the Board has granted service connection for residuals of bladder cancer.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran served at Camp Lejeune for 810 days from August 1963 through October 1965, which qualifies him under the amended regulations. The disease process manifested to a degree of at least 10 percent since service separation and is associated with exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of bladder cancer, status post (s/p) bladder diverticulectomy, partial cystectomy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2018
- Citation
- 18124144
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What this means for you
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