The Veteran's claims for service connection were granted on August 13, 2018. The effective date is set at this date.
The deciding factor: The conditions were found to be directly related to the Veteran's toxic exposure risk activities during his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- aflutter, left kidney renal cell carcinoma, abdominal scar status post robot assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2026
- Citation
- A26005744
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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.
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