The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of liver cancer is denied as the earliest eligible effective date is March 14, 2017, when the law was changed to add liver cancer as a condition presumed to be associated with exposure to chemicals at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The effective date is fixed in accordance with the facts found and shall not be earlier than the effective date of the liberalizing law that allows presumptive service connection for liver cancer based on exposure to chemicals at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- liver cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19141934
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