The Veteran's claim for service connection for vertigo has been reopened, but the new evidence does not establish a relationship to service. The claim for prostate cancer due to herbicide exposure is denied as there was no credible evidence of such exposure.
The deciding factor: New evidence did not provide a clear link between current vertigo and service, while the Veteran's exposure to herbicides during his period of service in Okinawa could not be confirmed.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate Cancer, Vertigo
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 1, 2011
- Citation
- 1132239
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension and prostate cancer residuals (voiding dysfunction) have been granted increased ratings of 10 percent and 20 percent, respectively.
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