The Veteran's prostate cancer status post prostatectomy, as due to herbicide agent exposure (Agent Orange), may be presumed to have been incurred in wartime service. The claims for loss of bladder control and skin disability of the groin are also granted.
The deciding factor: Prostate cancer is a disease that warrants presumptive service connection based on herbicide agent exposure (Agent Orange).
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer status post prostatectomy, skin disability of the groin (claimed as irritation and skin rash groin area)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2017
- Citation
- 1735943
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and a compensable rating for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, hypertension, scars status post radical prostatectomy, erectile dysfunction, and prostate cancer status post prostatectomy. The claim for an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed.
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