The Board has granted service connection for papillary renal cell carcinoma due to herbicide agent exposure during the Veteran's service in Vietnam, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's papillary renal cell carcinoma was caused by his exposure to Agent Orange during his tour in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- papillary renal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19188771
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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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