The Board granted service connection for kidney cancer, finding that the evidence supports a link between the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during the Vietnam War and his current kidney cancer.
The deciding factor: The evidence includes positive nexus opinions from the Veteran's private urologist and VA examiners, as well as a study linking kidney cancer to Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25022794
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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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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