The Board denied service connection for gastrointestinal cancer other than esophageal cancer and stomach cancer, brain cancer, and prostate cancer. The issues of entitlement to service connection for esophageal cancer, metastatic esophageal cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer, and liver cancer were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's claimed conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service event, injury, or disease. For the issues remanded, the Board found that the existing VA opinions did not fully consider all of the Veteran's conceded toxic exposure risk activities.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal cancer other than esophageal cancer and stomach cancer, brain cancer, prostate cancer, esophageal cancer, metastatic esophageal cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103598
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