The Board found that the veteran's bladder cancer was not incurred in service or due to herbicide exposure, and is not caused by his service-connected prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a link between the veteran's bladder cancer and his service-connected prostate cancer, nor could it be linked to any in-service injury or disease, including herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0802956
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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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The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder and granted it, finding that the evidence supports a relationship to exposure to Agent Orange during service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that there is equipoise evidence regarding whether the Veteran's transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder was caused by radiation therapy used to treat his service-connected prostate cancer, and therefore grants the claim for service connection.
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