The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates prior to March 14, 2017 were denied as the criteria for service connection based on direct evidence of a link between his disabilities and exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune did not meet. ,The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates prior to March 14, 2017 were denied as the criteria for service connection based on direct evidence of a link between his disabilities and exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune did not meet. ,The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates prior to March 14, 2017 were denied as the criteria for service connection based on direct evidence of a link between his disabilities and exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune did not meet. ,The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates prior to March 14, 2017 were denied as the criteria for service connection based on direct evidence of a link between his disabilities and exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune did not meet.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding that any of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities could be directly connected to exposure to contaminated drinking water while stationed at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- neoplasm of the kidney with right kidney removal, metastatic renal cell carcinoma to lung with pulmonary effusion, renal cell carcinoma skin lesion, chronic diarrhea and constipation
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19134697
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