Prostate cancer Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, osteoarthritis, and prostate cancer. The Board found that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for prostate cancer, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim. The Board also determined that prostate cancer was not related to exposure to ionizing radiation during military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for chloracne, tinnitus, prostate cancer, and a psychosis. The claim for increased rating for degenerative changes of the fifth distal interphangeal joint of the right hand was also denied. The RO reduced the veteran's previously assigned 10% evaluation for pseudofolliculitis barbae condition but did not restore it.

The Board found that the reduction from a 100% to a 20% evaluation for post radical retropubic prostatectomy for cancer of the prostate was proper. The veteran's service-connected condition is manifested by stress incontinence requiring one to two pads per day and needing to urinate three to five times at night, which aligns with a 20% disability rating.

The veteran's claim for reimbursement or payment of medical expenses incurred during his inpatient hospital stay at a non-VA facility was denied as he had not sufficiently stabilized to be transferred to a VA medical facility by February 26, 1999.

The Board has granted a 40 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected prostate cancer, status post radical retropubic with impotence, effective from the date of receipt of his claim.

The veteran's prostate cancer has not recurred or metastasized, and his urinary system remains essentially asymptomatic. His chronic renal failure is also essentially asymptomatic with no colic attacks, infections, or drainage by catheter. The history of prostatitis does not require hospitalization or continuous intensive management.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for prostate cancer and an increased evaluation for prostatitis, finding that there is no evidence linking these conditions to his military service or a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date of July 1, 1996 for the grant of DIC due to a service connection decision made on November 7, 1996. The appellant's claim was received by the RO on June 27, 1996.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to prostate cancer, concluding that it was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and could not be presumed to have been so incurred.

The veteran's prostate cancer is not due to disease or injury incurred in service, and the Board finds that he was not exposed to ionizing radiation during his service. Therefore, his claim for service connection is denied.

The Board found that the veteran's prostate cancer was not incurred in or aggravated by service and could not be presumed to have been incurred due to radiation exposure. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for DIC benefits, finding that the earliest possible date based on the presumption granting service connection for prostate cancer due to exposure to Agent Orange created by a regulation amendment is November 7, 1996.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of prostate cancer, finding that the earliest eligible effective date was February 5, 1999.

The veteran's impotence due to prostate cancer is consistent with loss of use of a creative organ, and he is granted special monthly compensation based on this condition.

The Board found that the veteran's prostate cancer is not related to his service-connected prostatitis and denied his claim for secondary service connection.

The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized private medical expenses incurred on August 29, 1996 is denied as the effective date of his service connection for prostate cancer was not yet established at the time of the expenses.

The VA has denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for his prostate cancer residuals, currently rated at 10 percent. The Board found that the symptoms do not warrant a higher rating.

The veteran's claims for increased rating and total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities are denied as he failed to report for a required VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to prostate cancer, which was not incurred in or aggravated by service. The appellant argued that exposure to herbicides caused the cancer, but there is no evidence supporting this claim.