Prostate cancer decisions — 2018

The Veteran's claim for service connection for prostate cancer, claimed as due to Agent Orange exposure, is being remanded for further development. The authenticity of a document submitted by the Veteran needs to be verified.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for residuals of prostate cancer and coronary artery disease was denied. The Veteran is currently rated at 60% for his coronary artery disease, effective April 1, 2015.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for sarcoidosis, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension due to herbicide exposure. The claim for prostate cancer is pending as it was not addressed in this decision.

The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus and prostate cancer on a presumptive basis due to herbicide agent exposure during the Veteran's Vietnam-era service. The claim of entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction is remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are denied as the evidence does not support a finding of in-service exposure to herbicide agents or any other form of presumed exposure. The diagnoses do not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining a dose estimate of radiation exposure during service and an opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's cancers resulted from such exposure.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, and peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities due to lack of evidence of herbicide exposure in Panama or the Panama Canal Zone.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including VA examinations and re-adjudication.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's prostate and testicular cancers did not manifest during service or within one year of separation, and there is no credible evidence linking their development to service, including exposure to contaminated water at Camp Le Jeune. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for prostate cancer and a bladder condition, finding that there is no evidence of exposure to herbicide agents during his service. The Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder remains pending.,Service connection cannot be granted as secondary to herbicide agent exposure because the Veteran did not serve in Vietnam or under conditions that would have exposed him to herbicide agents.

The Veteran's service at Udorn RTAFB in Thailand during the Vietnam Era is presumed to have exposed him to herbicides. He now has prostate cancer, which is presumed due to his exposure to herbicides.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for prostate cancer due to new evidence. However, both the prostate cancer and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability claims are denied as there is no direct link between these conditions and service.

The Veteran's prostate cancer, which he underwent a prostatectomy for in February 2009, is found to be service-connected as it began during his military service and has persisted.

The Veteran's prostate cancer was not incurred in service and is not etiologically related to service, including as due to exposure to contaminated water during service.

The Veteran's appeal for increased evaluations for prostate cancer and coronary artery disease was denied. The Board found that the residuals of prostate cancer did not meet criteria for a higher evaluation, as they do not include renal dysfunction or voiding dysfunction.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, prostate cancer, low white blood cell disorder, and thrombocytopenia have been granted.,An effective date of March 2, 2010 has been assigned for the award of a total rating for schizophrenia.

The Veteran's prostate cancer was not incurred in or aggravated by military service, and the Board denied his claim for service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to May 4, 2011 for a 100 percent rating assigned for prostate cancer, status post prostatectomy.

The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals have been rated at 40 percent disabling since July 17, 2009. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating prior to this date.

The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals and anxiety disorder were not found to warrant higher ratings, with the exception of gastritis which was not addressed in this decision.