Prostate cancer decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the case due to an error in notifying the Veteran of his right to a hearing before the AOJ issued its initial decision. The claim for service connection on a direct basis is now pending.

The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for prostate cancer and service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to lack of persuasive evidence linking the conditions to VA care.

The Board has granted earlier effective dates of August 16, 2019 for the grant of service connection for prostate cancer and metastatic bone cancer as secondary to prostate cancer.

The Board has dismissed all issues of service connection as the Veteran died during the appeal process.

The Veteran's prostate cancer is granted as service connected due to presumed exposure at Camp Lejeune, and also due to presumptive service connection for herbicide exposure in Vietnam.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for prostate cancer, glaucoma, diabetes mellitus, and chloracne have all been denied as there is no current evidence of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and will consider new evidence submitted by the Veteran.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.,Erectile dysfunction associated with prostate cancer status post radical prostatectomy is denied as the evidence does not demonstrate a 'deformity' with loss of erectile power.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection on multiple conditions has been dismissed due to his death.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's service connection claim for prostate cancer should be remanded due to a potential error in determining whether his ship, USS Hancock (CVA 19), was within 12 nautical miles of Vietnam during his service.

The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to provide a medical examination and opinion pursuant to the PACT Act for prostate cancer related to in-service exposure to jet fuel.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for GERD and prostate cancer are remanded due to inadequate medical opinions. The VA is required to provide a new examination and opinion addressing the etiology of these conditions, including any relation to toxic exposures in service.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including diabetes mellitus type 2 and its associated neuropathies, prostate cancer with bladder dysfunction, and radiation proctitis with anemia, rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board granted TDIU based on the cumulative effect of these disabilities.

The Veteran's prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction have been granted effective from December 10, 2021.,Special monthly compensation for housebound status has also been granted.

The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was granted effective June 22, 2021, which is the date VA received formal notice of his intention to file a claim. The effective date does not precede this date as it would be the date he became unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation by reason of service-connected disability.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for prostate cancer, finding that he was exposed to herbicide agents during his service in Korea and thus presumptively related to this exposure.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction are service-connected, with all reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's appeals for initial compensable ratings for tension headaches, CLL, and service connection for prostate cancer have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the appeal process.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction was dismissed because the VA Form 10182, which should have been filed within one year of the October 2020 rating decision, was not received in a timely manner.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions have rendered him unemployable, and the Board has granted a TDIU based on these disabilities.