The Veteran's cause of death was due to metastatic sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma, which the VA medical opinion found is not related to his military service or presumed exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion found that the Veteran's metastatic sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma is less likely than not related to active service and/or presumed exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2018
- Citation
- 1824828
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