The Veteran's kidney cancer is granted as service connected due to exposure to Agent Orange during his military service in Thailand.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinions provided support a link between the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange and his development of kidney cancer, which constitutes direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24036135
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