The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an endocrine disability, including a benign left adrenal adenoma, due to herbicide exposure. The VA examiner concluded that there is no evidence of a relationship between the condition and Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no medical study or evidence supporting a relationship between dioxin in Agent Orange and the development of an adrenal gland adenoma.
- Claimed conditions
- endocrine disability, benign left adrenal adenoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20034052
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