The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's status post, right nephrectomy with chronic renal insufficiency (claimed as renal cancer), finding that it was caused or related to his service due to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion concluded that the Veteran's kidney disease was at least as likely as not caused by herbicide exposures and hypertension, which are linked to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- status post, right nephrectomy with chronic renal insufficiency (claimed as renal cancer), renal cell carcinoma, chronic kidney disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24060482
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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.
What you can do next
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