The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to March 3, 2015 for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a July 2015 rating decision. The Veteran's claim was denied because there was no CUE, as the June 2005 rating decision implicitly denied his TDIU claim.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the June 2005 rating decision implicitly denied the Veteran’s claim for entitlement to TDIU based on service-connected prostate cancer and that this claim had been adjudicated in that decision, making it not pending at the time of the July 2015 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2019
- Citation
- A19001041
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including prostate cancer and related disabilities, urinary incontinence, sleep apnea, hypertension, varicose veins, lumbar spine disability, hip arthritis, shoulder arthritis, ankle arthritis, knee strain, knee replacement, and hand arthritis. The only condition granted was a 10 percent rating for a fracture of the right proximal first metacarpal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, related to in-service exposures at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is granted an effective date of April 25, 2014, for service connection for prostate cancer.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of service connection for prostate cancer to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the Veteran's toxic exposure risk activities.
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