The Board granted service connection for left kidney cancer, finding that the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents in service was causally related to his development of this condition.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence established a causal relationship between the Veteran’s left kidney cancer and his exposure to herbicide agents during service.
- Claimed conditions
- left kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20064039
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.
What you can do next
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