The Board has determined that the veteran's Paget's disease is likely due to his in-service exposure to ionizing radiation, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the veteran's radiation exposure during service resulted in his development of Paget's disease, triggering the benefit-of-the-doubt rule.
- Claimed conditions
- Paget's disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2005
- Citation
- 0502526
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board grants service connection for Paget's disease, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right thumb injury, Paget's disease, hypertension, erectile dysfunction (secondary to hypertension), and kidney disease (secondary to hypertension) as there was no evidence that any of these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and Paget's disease.
- Denied
The claims for service connection for various conditions have been denied as new and relevant evidence was not submitted.
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