The Board has determined that the Veteran's prostate cancer is not due to radiation exposure during service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: A VA medical opinion found no evidence linking the Veteran's prostate cancer to his alleged radiation exposure in service, given the long time lapse between service and diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer with bone metastasis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1006010
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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