The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for urinary bladder cancer and cancer of the prostatic urethra, finding no positive association between these conditions and exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The cancers were not shown to have had onset during service or within one year after separation from service. There is no positive scientific association between exposure to Agent Orange and urinary bladder cancer as found by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
- Claimed conditions
- urinary bladder cancer, cancer of the prostatic urethra
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2004
- Citation
- 0414624
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for prostate cancer and coronary arteriosclerosis, but has remanded the cases of urinary bladder cancer and hypothyroidism due to lack of evidence.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for prostate cancer and coronary arteriosclerosis, but has remanded the cases of urinary bladder cancer and hypothyroidism due to lack of evidence.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, prostate cancer, urinary bladder cancer, and erectile dysfunction (ED) as secondary to exposure to Agent Orange. The evidence did not establish that the Veteran was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam or its offshore waters.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for diabetes mellitus, Type II, prostate cancer, urinary bladder cancer, and erectile dysfunction (ED) as secondary to exposure to Agent Orange due to new evidence added since the March 2020 SOC.
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