The Veteran's renal cell carcinoma, large abdominal scar, abdominal numbness, bone cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, and lymphatic cancer are all found to be related to his service-connected renal cell carcinoma.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's residuals of renal cell carcinoma (large abdominal surgical scar, abdominal numbness due to surgery, metastatic bone cancer, metastatic lung cancer, metastatic liver cancer, and metastatic lymphatic cancer) are caused by his now-service-connected renal cell carcinoma.
- Claimed conditions
- renal cell carcinoma, large abdominal scar, abdominal numbness, bone cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, lymphatic cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2021
- Citation
- 21076571
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