Bladder cancer
Across 417 real Board appeals for Bladder cancer
71% were granted, partly granted, or remanded.
A denial is often not the end — remands are sent back for more development and frequently end in a grant.
- Granted 25%
- Partly granted 16%
- Remanded 29%
- Denied 22%
What tends to win
Among the appeals that were granted or partly granted, the most common ways Bladder cancer was linked to service:
- Direct service connection76
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)74
- Reopened with new & material evidence9
How it’s rated, in practice
When Bladder cancer was granted, the rating most often assigned was:
- 100% (41)
- 10% (9)
- 40% (6)
- 20% (6)
- 60% (5)
Presumptive & exposure paths
These appeals involved a recognized exposure — which can mean the link to service is presumed, with no nexus to prove:
- Agent Orange / herbicides100
- PACT Act43
- Camp Lejeune water24
- Burn pits & airborne hazards13
- Ionizing radiation10
Real decisions
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bladder cancer, finding it to be related to the Veteran's in-service herbicide exposure.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, bladder cancer, due to in-service exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bladder cancer, diabetes mellitus, type 2, and an acquired psychiatric disability (unspecified depressive disorder), but denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bladder cancer, finding it at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's military service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of bladder cancer and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the now service-connected bladder cancer.
- Granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 30 percent for voiding dysfunction due to bladder cancer.
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