The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of kidney cancer, finding no current disability and thus failing to meet the criteria for direct or secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not document any current residuals from the Veteran’s kidney cancer, which is required for both direct and secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20070096
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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