The Veteran's claim for service connection for prostate cancer, hypertension secondary to PTSD, and chronic kidney disease secondary to hypertension has been granted. The Veteran is also receiving a 70 percent disability rating for his service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the conclusion that the Veteran's conditions are related to his service-connected disabilities or exposure to stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, hypertension, chronic kidney disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18142125
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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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