Granted
The Board granted service connection for kidney cancer and COPD, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psoriatic arthritis.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's conditions were related to his service-connected disabilities, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25019980
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