GrantedPACT Act
The Board granted Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, attributing his fatal kidney cancer to his conceded herbicide exposure in service via service-related hypertension.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's fatal renal clear cell carcinoma is at least as likely as not related to service due to his service-connected hypertension and other risk factors.
- Claimed conditions
- renal clear cell cancer with lung metastasis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25102591
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