The Board has granted service connection for breast cancer, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran's breast cancer is causally related to her active duty service. The appeal was based on exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The Board found both a private and VA medical opinion probative and persuasive, concluding that the evidence of record is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's breast cancer is causally related to her active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- breast cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19164384
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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