The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals are rated at a 40 percent disability rating, effective December 1, 2016. Service connection for diabetes mellitus is granted as secondary to Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran has current diagnoses of both prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus, with the latter being presumed due to his service in Vietnam. The prostate cancer residuals are rated at a 40 percent disability rating based on urinary frequency issues.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus, type II
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19106790
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.
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 Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus to obtain further medical opinions regarding their potential relationship to toxic exposures during active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is granted an effective date of April 25, 2014, for service connection for prostate cancer.
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