The Board denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim of service connection for bladder cancer, finding that new and material evidence had not been received sufficient to reopen the previously denied claim.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim, as it only provided information about the Veteran's current bladder cancer diagnosis without establishing a causal relationship with his service or any possible exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder Cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2013
- Citation
- 1334046
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- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension was granted a 10 percent rating for the period prior to August 10, 2022. The Veteran's bladder cancer received a 100 percent rating from March 7, 2018 until September 8, 2018.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bladder cancer effective from December 16, 2005, finding that the Veteran had a claim pending since then.
- Granted
The Veteran's psychiatric disability, hypertension, and bladder cancer are granted service connection. The Board has remanded the cases for further development regarding herbicide exposure claims.
- Denied
The Veteran's bladder cancer residuals were denied as service connection was not established due to lack of in-service exposure to herbicides or asbestos, and the current disability is not related to his service.
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