The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his metastatic renal cell carcinoma was due to in-service herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence met the criteria for establishing a causal link between the Veteran's metastatic renal cell carcinoma and his presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Metastatic renal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100631
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Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's death was caused by an underlying undiagnosed heart disease due to his exposure to herbicide agents in service, and therefore grants entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for GERD, finding that the Veteran did not have a diagnosis of GERD and that it was less likely than not caused by his service-connected renal cell carcinoma.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for an advisory opinion from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology regarding the primary site of the veteran's cancer, specifically whether it was kidney or lung cancer.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
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