The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for prostate cancer, heart disability, hypertension, and skin condition based on new evidence. However, due to lack of credible exposure to herbicides during service, these conditions cannot be linked to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not provide credible evidence of having stepped foot in Vietnam or being exposed to herbicides while serving aboard a ship in the offshore waters of Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, heart disability, hypertension, skin condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2018
- Citation
- 1806555
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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