The Board denied service connection for kidney cancer on a direct basis, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's kidney cancer and his military service or presumed exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record persuasively weighs against finding the Veteran's kidney cancer had its onset in service or manifested within the applicable presumptive period; or that symptoms were noted in service with continuity of symptoms since service; or that the disability is otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25014278
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