The veteran's urinary bladder cancer was not shown during service or within one year of discharge, and there is no evidence of radiation exposure. Therefore, the claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the current bladder cancer to service or any exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary Bladder Cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0631603
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Decisions by this judge: 1,458 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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 Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining a VA examination and opinion to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea and urinary bladder cancer, as well as scheduling the Veteran for VA examinations to assess the current severity of his service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for urinary bladder cancer is denied, and his claim for service connection for essential tremors is remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for earlier effective date and initial rating of urinary bladder cancer residuals was granted. The initial rating remains at 40 percent, but the appeal is denied for a higher rating since May 14, 2019.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's urinary bladder cancer was not present during service or for many years thereafter, and the VA determined that it was not caused by any incident of service, including ionizing radiation exposure.
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