Service connection for the cause of death due to metastatic renal cell carcinoma is granted based on exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's renal cancer was linked to his exposure to herbicides while stationed at Nakhon Phanom Air Force Base in Thailand, and service connection can be established under the presumption for herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Metastatic renal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23001959
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.
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