The Board granted service connection for right renal cell carcinoma, finding an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding its attribution to service.
The deciding factor: There is a medical dispute whether the Veteran's risk factors outweigh in-service herbicide agent exposure as a cause of renal dysfunction, but the Board gives the benefit of the doubt to the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- right renal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25037659
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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