The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection for prostate cancer, stating that there was no evidence of exposure to herbicides in Vietnam and thus no presumption of service connection applies.
The deciding factor: There is no objective evidence of actual duty or visitation in Vietnam, which is required for presumptive service connection based on Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0621384
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 425 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, which is presumed to be related to herbicide exposure during the Veteran's service in Okinawa, Japan.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claims for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death and entitlement to DIC. The Board needs more medical evidence to decide if the Veteran's cardiac issues are related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for prostate carcinoma, peripheral neuropathy, and a heart disorder including ischemic heart disease has been dismissed as the Veteran opted into the modernized appeals system.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's prostate cancer disability is being remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current level of his service-connected condition.
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