The Board granted service connection for right kidney cancer and remanded the issue of service connection for skin rashes due to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right kidney cancer was found to be at least as likely as not caused by his presumed exposure to herbicides in service, while the skin rash issue requires further examination to determine its etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- right kidney cancer, skin rashes
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18144551
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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