The Veteran's claims for service connection for liver cancer and Parkinson’s disease have been denied as there is no current diagnosis of these conditions.,VA has acknowledged that the Veteran was potentially exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, but the evidence does not support a finding of chronicity or a relationship between his claimed conditions and this exposure.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not show current diagnoses of liver cancer and/or Parkinson’s disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver Cancer, Parkinson’s Disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19162946
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