The Board denied service connection for cancer of the kidney, esophagus, and bladder as there is no evidence of a current disability.
The deciding factor: There was no diagnosis of cancer of the kidney, esophagus, or bladder in the medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the kidney, cancer of the esophagus, cancer of the bladder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192108
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