The Veteran's left bicipital tendonitis is granted service connection as secondary to his service-connected residuals of lacerated left little finger. Service connection for prostate cancer and chronic lymphocytic leukemia is denied due to lack of exposure to herbicides during service. The rating for hearing loss remains at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted for the Veteran's left bicipital tendonitis as secondary to his service-connected residuals of lacerated left little finger, but prostate cancer and chronic lymphocytic leukemia were denied due to lack of exposure to herbicides during service. The rating for hearing loss remained at 10 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- left bicipital tendonitis, prostate cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 12, 2018
- Citation
- 18134385
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for prostate cancer but remanded the claim for PTSD due to insufficient verification of stressor incidents.
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