The Board has reopened the appellant's claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and determined that there is a causal link between the veteran's chronic prostatitis during active duty and his fatal prostate cancer. The Board also found that the appellant is entitled to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence, including recent studies, supports a causal link between the veteran's chronic prostatitis during service and his fatal prostate cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer, Arteriosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2004
- Citation
- 0406011
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection and higher initial rating were dismissed due to concurrent election of review options.
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