The Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease and prostate cancer are granted as presumptively related to herbicide exposure during his military service at Udorn Royal Thailand Air Force Base. The initial rating for PTSD is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise regarding the Veteran’s exposure to herbicide agents, which allows for presumptive service connection of coronary artery disease and prostate cancer due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19185352
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
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- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and bilateral vision condition was dismissed. Service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease was denied.
- 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.
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