Bladder cancer Board decisions

The veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, chronic kidney disease, and anemia were granted. The claims for bladder cancer, erectile dysfunction, gouty arthropathy were denied. The claim for transient ischemic attack was remanded.

The veteran's appeals for higher ratings and earlier effective dates for bladder cancer and hypothyroidism were dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeals.

The veteran's effective date for a 40% rating of bladder cancer is granted as December 1, 2018. The effective date for service connection of erectile dysfunction is January 5, 2011.

The Board granted the Veteran's appeal, finding that the severance of service connection for bladder cancer, prostate cancer, kidney disease, scars, and hypertension was improper. The Board also granted the appeal for the severance of Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) based on statutory housebound and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).

The Board remanded the claims for service connection for a bowel condition and a compensable rating for residuals of bladder cancer due to new and relevant evidence.

The veteran's service connection for bladder cancer is granted based on presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Korea.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of a urinary tract condition, including bladder cancer. The Veteran's case will be reviewed again with new evidence considered.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for bladder cancer service connection was denied. However, the veteran was granted a 100% disability rating from October 20, 2014 through August 31, 2020, and a 40% rating from September 1, 2020 through January 26, 2022. Additionally, special monthly compensation at the housebound rate was granted for the period from October 20, 2014 through August 31, 2020.

The veteran is granted a 10% disability rating for rhinitis but denied a compensable rating for bladder cancer.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for bladder cancer due to herbicide agent exposure was granted, but the request for a higher rating was denied.

The case is remanded to obtain missing medical records relevant to the veteran's bladder cancer rating from December 1, 2015.

The veteran's appeal for a higher rating for bladder cancer residuals was granted. The Board awarded an initial 20 percent rating effective August 10, 2022.

Service connection for recurrent low grade bladder cancer is granted based on presumptive exposure to herbicide agents during service in Vietnam.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for papillary bladder cancer has been granted.,The claims of service connection for MGUS and CKD have been remanded.

The Board has restored service connection for prostate cancer as a separate and distinct disability, granted earlier effective dates for service connection and SMC, but denied a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction.

The Board has granted service connection for prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus type II, and bladder cancer on a presumptive basis due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents. Service connection for kidney cancer is denied as there is no evidence linking the condition to service.

The Board has granted earlier effective dates of July 12, 2016 for the Veteran's service connection claims for bladder cancer, a cystectomy painful scar, and a cystectomy scar. These conditions are presumed to be related to exposure to Agent Orange during service in Thailand.

The Veteran's residuals of bladder cancer and prostate cancer are rated at 20 percent from June 24, 2020. The disability is characterized by needing to change absorbent materials less than two times per day.

The appeal for service connection for bladder cancer is dismissed. Service connection for a heart disability, to include ischemic heart disease and hypertensive heart disease, is denied. Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus is remanded.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, bladder cancer, and prostate cancer prior to August 10, 2022 on the basis of direct herbicide exposure. The Veteran's service in Thailand was outside the period from February 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975 when veterans are given special consideration for herbicides exposure during service in Thailand.