The Veteran's bladder cancer is granted service connection due to presumed exposure to Agent Orange during his Vietnam service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was exposed to Agent Orange during his active-duty service in the Republic of Vietnam and has a current disability of low grade papillary urothelial carcinoma, which is a form of bladder cancer. The Board concluded that the Veteran's bladder cancer is presumptively linked to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- papillary urothelial carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2022
- Citation
- 22028649
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