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Smoking tobacco products - material contribution

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Adenocarcinoma of the kidney - Smoking tobacco products - material contribution Factor

Last reviewed for CCPS 21 June 2002.

Investigative Documents

Claimant Report - Smoking [CRD905]

Claimant Report - Smoking [CRV905]

Preliminary questions [34961]

30303

the veteran has smoked cigarettes, cigars or pipe tobacco at some time.

34962the veteran has established the causal connection between smoking tobacco products and VEA service for the clinical onset of adenocarcinoma of the kidney.

34963the veteran has established the causal connection between smoking tobacco products and operational service for the clinical onset of adenocarcinoma of the kidney.

or

34964the veteran has established the causal connection between smoking tobacco products and eligible service for the clinical onset of adenocarcinoma of the kidney.

Clinical onset and operational service [34963]

34965

the veteran smoked at least 15 pack years of cigarettes or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products before the clinical onset of adenocarcinoma of the kidney, with at least some smoking being maintained in the 20 years before the clinical onset of adenocarcinoma of the kidney.

34296

the veteran commenced smoking tobacco products at least 10 years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

34968

smoking as a causal result of operational service made a material contribution to the SOP requirements for adenocarcinoma of the kidney and smoking tobacco products.

Clinical onset and eligible service [34964]

5803

the veteran has ever smoked cigarettes.

34967

the veteran smoked at least 20 pack years of cigarettes before the clinical onset of adenocarcinoma of the kidney, with at least some smoking being maintained in the 20 years before the clinical onset of adenocarcinoma of the kidney.

34966

the veteran commenced smoking cigarettes at least 10 years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

34969

cigarette smoking as a causal result of eligible service made a material contribution to the SOP requirements for adenocarcinoma of the kidney and smoking cigarettes.