The Board denied service connection for right renal cell carcinoma, finding no evidence linking the condition to the Veteran's service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion and lack of credible evidence supported a causal link between the Veteran's right renal cell carcinoma and his service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- right renal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2025
- Citation
- 25005263
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 833 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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