The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cancer of the right kidney, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence linking any possible residuals to military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a current disability or a causal relationship between the Veteran’s military service and his diagnosed condition.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the right kidney
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2021
- Citation
- 21021977
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for cancer of the right kidney and skin cancer are granted due to exposure to Agent Orange during his Vietnam service. The Board finds that there is at least as much evidence supporting a link between these conditions and service, thus granting service connection.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's cancer of the right kidney is granted service connection on a direct basis due to herbicide agent exposure. His erectile dysfunction, which he contends is secondary to his diabetes mellitus, type II, is also granted service connection.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's cancer of the right kidney is related to his service in Vietnam, specifically Agent Orange exposure.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's cancer of the right kidney was not shown in service or for many years thereafter, and the most probative opinion on the question of whether there exists a medical relationship between the Veteran's current cancer of the right kidney and service, to include any herbicide exposure therein, weighs against the claim.
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