The Veteran's renal cell carcinoma with liver metastasis and breast cancer (ductal carcinoma in situ) were not incurred during active duty, ACDUTRA, or INACDUTRA. The VA examiners found insufficient evidence linking the cancers to service exposures.
The deciding factor: VA examiners found no established link between the Veteran's service exposures and her cancers, including renal cell carcinoma with liver metastasis and breast cancer (ductal carcinoma in situ).
- Claimed conditions
- renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer), liver cancer, breast cancer (ductal carcinoma in situ)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2026
- Citation
- 26000539
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