The veteran's death was caused by terminal prostate cancer and a previous stroke, but not related to service. The cause of death is not due to or substantially contributed to by a disability incurred in or aggravated by his active duty service.
The deciding factor: Prostate cancer and the old cerebral infarct were not related to service and did not contribute to the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic prostate carcinoma, old cerebral infarct
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2005
- Citation
- 0522321
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's cause of death was metastatic prostate carcinoma. The appeal for service connection for the cause of his death is being remanded due to its inextricability with the pending issue of service connection for prostate cancer.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was metastatic prostate carcinoma, which the Board found not related to his service-connected chronic prostatitis. Therefore, the claim for service connection for cause of death is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's cause of death (metastatic prostate carcinoma) was not related to service exposure to ionizing radiation and denied the claim for service connection on direct basis due to lack of evidence linking the condition to his military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development to determine if a head injury sustained as a prisoner of war caused an old cerebral infarct, and whether this cerebral infarct contributed to the veteran's death in 2001.
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