Prostate cancer decisions — 2013

The Board found no evidence of herbicide exposure and concluded that the Veteran's prostate cancer is not related to service.

The Board found that the Veteran's current prostate cancer is not related to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to a significant gap in available VA outpatient treatment records, which are deemed necessary for meaningful evaluation of his service-connected condition over time.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (prostate cancer residuals and PTSD) render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, warranting a TDIU.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss, prostate cancer, and bladder cancer. The evidence did not show a current disability or establish a relationship between any of these conditions and service.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for prostate cancer with bone metastases has been dismissed due to his death.

The Board has reopened the claims of service connection for various conditions, but denied them as new and material evidence was not provided to substantiate these claims.

The Veteran's prostate cancer is granted service connection as a result of his presumed exposure to herbicides during service. The claim for colon cancer remains pending.

The Veteran's service connection claims for arthritis of the left foot, prostate cancer, and right knee disability have been denied. Service connection was granted for degenerative arthritis of the left knee and left ankle, but initial ratings were not assigned.

The Veteran's prostate cancer was previously denied in September 1998, and the current claim is seeking to reopen this denial based on new evidence. The Board has determined that no new and material evidence has been submitted.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected prostate cancer status post complete prostatectomy with residual scar and erectile dysfunction is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination.

The Board found that the Veteran's prostate cancer was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and it may not be presumed to have been incurred in service.

The Veteran's prostate cancer with loss of use of a creative organ is granted as due to herbicide exposure, and the presumption applies.

The Board denied service connection for hemorrhoids, hypertension, and prostate cancer in August 2002. The new evidence submitted since then does not provide a link between the current conditions and military service.

The Veteran's post-operative residuals of prostate cancer were granted a 60 percent disability rating effective October 11, 2011. The initial higher ratings prior to that date have been withdrawn.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have a dental disorder, sterility, prostate cancer, nerve damage, or a back disorder that manifested in service or is related to any incident of service, including exposure to ionizing radiation.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for prostate cancer was denied as there is no evidence of herbicide exposure during service and the Board found that the current disability is not related to military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's prostate cancer and heart disorder are not related to his military service, and thus denied both claims.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings have been denied. The RO has already assigned the earliest possible effective date provided by law for service connection of prostate cancer, and a separate evaluation based on multiple noncompensable disabilities is not warranted as his coronary artery disability was granted in December 2008.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal of the issues of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss and entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD.