The Veteran's claim for service connection for duodenal soft tissue cancer, to include as due to Agent Orange exposure, is granted. The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the condition was incurred in or caused by service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical opinion linking the Veteran’s diagnosed adenocarcinoma of the intestines to service, and the only medical opinion of record addressing the relationship between the condition and service is against the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- duodenal soft tissue cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19128484
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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