The Board found that the veteran's prostate cancer was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and is not proximately due to or the result of a service-connected prostatitis. The claim for an increased rating for prostatitis was also denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking the veteran's prostate cancer to his service-connected prostatitis, nor does there appear to be any current disability related to his service-connected prostatitis that could warrant a compensable evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer, Urinary urgency
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2002
- Citation
- 0212407
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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