The Board has determined that the veteran's fatal prostate cancer likely developed during his extensive period of service, and thus grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports the appellant's claim that the veteran's fatal prostate cancer was incurred in active service.
- Claimed conditions
- prostatic cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2002
- Citation
- 0202424
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Appellant's claim for service connection for cause of death due to a ruptured intra-abdominal viscus and prostatic cancer, finding that the evidence did not show these disabilities were caused by service. The new evidence submitted since the last final denial is considered cumulative.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the cause of death was not related to service and denied both the claim for service connection for the cause of death and the request for nonservice-connected pension benefits due to lack of qualifying service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected prostatic cancer contributed substantially or materially to his death from malignant glioblastoma, and thus grants service connection for cause of death.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the appellant did not submit new and material evidence to reopen her claim of service connection for cause of death, which was previously denied in May 1999. The decision is final.
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