The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, coronary artery disease, liver disease, erectile dysfunction, kidney disease, and pigmentation scar on the head. The claim for prostate cancer was reopened based on new evidence, but it remains denied as there is no direct or presumptive link to service.,Service connection for coronary artery disease, liver disease, erectile dysfunction, and kidney disease were also denied due to lack of in-service diagnosis or chronicity.
The deciding factor: The appellant's prostate cancer was not shown during service or within the applicable presumptive period. The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that it is otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.,Coronary artery disease did not manifest as chronic in service and was not found to be etiologically related to any in-service injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, coronary artery disease, liver disease, erectile dysfunction, kidney disease, pigmentation scar on the head
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19115805
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