The Board denied service connection for nodules on the Veteran's gallbladder and remanded the claim for a lymph node condition due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that there was no nexus between the Veteran's gallbladder conditions and his in-service exposures, including herbicide exposure and Camp Lejeune water contaminants.
- Claimed conditions
- lymph node condition, nodules on gallbladder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25008289
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,170 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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