The Board finds that the veteran's prostate cancer is likely due to his exposure to ionizing radiation during service, and grants service connection for postoperative residuals of prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a causal relationship between the veteran's prostate cancer and his exposure to ionizing radiation in service.
- Claimed conditions
- adenocarcinoma of the prostate
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0312870
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