The Board denied service connection for carcinoid tumor of the small bowel, finding no causal relationship to in-service herbicide exposure or service-connected prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no evidence linking the Veteran's carcinoid tumor to his presumed in-service exposure to herbicide agents and concluded that it is not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected prostate cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoid tumor of the small bowel
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19187503
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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