The Board has determined that the veteran's current prostate condition is related to his service and has granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion established a link between the veteran's current prostate condition and his service, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0630013
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a prostate condition, including prostate cancer, as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease and no nexus to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, service connection for sinusitis and a prostate condition due to herbicide exposure, and remanded claims for service connection for tension headaches and a kidney condition due to herbicide exposure.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, but granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings and service connection, indicating satisfaction with the current ratings.
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