Prostate cancer Board decisions

The Board finds that additional relevant service personnel records have been received and the previously denied claim of service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder must be reconsidered. The issues of service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, prostate cancer residuals, and a skin condition are being remanded to ensure full compliance with the statutory duty to assist.

The Veteran's service connection claim for prostate cancer is granted, and his PTSD rating is increased to the maximum allowable under VA guidelines.

The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals have been rated at 40 percent from October 1, 2008 to November 27, 2009 and at 60 percent since then. The appeal for a higher rating is denied.

The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus are granted service connection. The appeal for an increased rating for prostate cancer residuals is dismissed.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a cardiovascular disability and found new and material evidence to support reopening. The Veteran's current heart disability is related to his service-connected cold injury residuals, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Veteran's cause of death was not caused by a service-connected disability, as his prostate cancer developed many years after service and is not linked to any incident or exposure during service.

The Veteran's Type II diabetes mellitus and prostate cancer have been granted service connection as presumptively related to his in-service herbicide exposure. The Board has also found that the Veteran's bladder spasms/pain and rectal pain are secondary to his service-connected prostate cancer, but a VA examination is needed to determine if these conditions are aggravated by his service-connected condition.

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.