Prostate cancer Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete records and further examination.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to concerns about the validity of radiation exposure claims and a need for updated dose assessments.

The veteran is seeking service connection for prostate cancer, including as secondary to exposure to herbicides. The case has been remanded due to the need for further information regarding the USS Independence's operations during his claimed Vietnam service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for prostate cancer, finding that there was no evidence to support a direct relationship between his current condition and his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including stressor verification and a VA examination for prostate cancer.

The veteran seeks service connection for prostate cancer, which developed 39 years after his exposure to ionizing radiation during military service. The VA has determined that there is no reasonable possibility the disability was caused by this exposure.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for prostate cancer should be remanded due to a need for additional development, including obtaining a VA urological examination and ensuring compliance with VCAA requirements.

The VA physician concluded that the veteran's cancers were not related to his service-connected gunshot wounds, and thus did not cause or contribute substantially to his death.

The Board has determined that the veteran's prostate cancer and type II diabetes mellitus were not incurred in service, as there is no evidence of these conditions during or within one year after service. The veteran did not have service in Vietnam and thus cannot be presumed to have been exposed to herbicide agents. As a result, the claim for service connection for both conditions has been denied.

The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer due to herbicide exposure, but did not assign an effective date as the claim was deemed new and material.

The veteran is seeking service connection for prostate cancer, which he claims was caused by exposure to ionizing radiation during his military service. The case has been remanded due to the need to verify the veteran's duty assignments and obtain a dose estimate.

The veteran's prostate cancer is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining revised dose estimates of ionizing radiation exposure using the revised methodology. The claim will be reviewed to determine if it can be attributed to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected prostate cancer, finding that a 60 percent rating was appropriate based on urinary leakage requiring absorbent materials changed more than four times per day.

The Board found that the veteran was not rated as totally disabled for a period of ten or more years immediately preceding his death, and thus denied DIC benefits under both § 1318 and § 1151.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction due to radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer due to Agent Orange exposure, finding that his disability did not warrant a higher evaluation under Diagnostic Code 7522.

The Board has ordered further development due to the need for additional evidence. The case is now remanded for the specified actions.

Service connection for PTSD is granted. Service connection for prostate cancer, including based on herbicide agent exposure, is also granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for benign prostatic hypertrophy and an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, finding that new evidence was not sufficient to reopen his previously denied prostate cancer claim.

The Board found that the veteran's lung and prostate cancer were not incurred in service, aggravated by service or manifested to a degree of 10 percent within one year from service. The cancers are not presumed to have been so incurred due to lack of involvement in radiation-risk activities during his period of service.

The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death due to prostate cancer, which was not related to service. The additional evidence submitted since the last denial indicates that the veteran served in Tokyo Bay shortly after the atomic bombs were dropped, but this does not establish a link between his exposure and his death.