The Board denied service connection for left breast cancer, right breast cancer, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma as there is no evidence to suggest a causal link between the development of these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: There was no competent evidence indicating that any current disability may be related to the in-service event or injury.
- Claimed conditions
- left breast cancer, right breast cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2019
- Citation
- A19002826
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