The Board has determined that the Veteran's intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is etiologically related to his active duty service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA treating oncologist provided an opinion indicating it was at least as likely as not that the Veteran’s intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma was caused by his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- A19003714
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Decisions by this judge: 2,240 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his active service in Vietnam due to exposure to environmental factors such as liver flukes and Agent Orange.
- Granted
The Veteran's cause of death, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, is found to be related to his in-service herbicide exposure. Service connection for the cause of death is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that an adequate opinion is required before a decision can be made on the merits of the service connection claim for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (claimed as liver cancer).
- Denied
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