The veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, and also raises a claim alleging clear and unmistakable error in prior rating determinations. The case is being remanded to address both issues.
The deciding factor: The decision involves claims for an earlier effective date and allegations of CUE, which are interrelated and must be addressed together.
- Claimed conditions
- transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0301807
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 425 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Granted
The Veteran's residuals of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder are rated at a 10 percent disability rating, effective from the date of the decision.
- Granted
The Veteran's death was caused by transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, which is associated with exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. Service connection for the cause of his death is granted.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder and granted it, finding that the evidence supports a relationship to exposure to Agent Orange during service.
- Granted
The Board has determined that there is equipoise evidence regarding whether the Veteran's transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder was caused by radiation therapy used to treat his service-connected prostate cancer, and therefore grants the claim for service connection.
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