The Veteran's kidney cancer is granted service connection on a presumptive basis due to exposure at Camp Lejeune. Service connection for his psychiatric disability (to include PTSD) and TDIU are remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the presumption of service connection for certain diseases based on exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney cancer, anxiety disorder NOS, mood disorder NOS, depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19179556
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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