The Veteran is unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities, including prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus, and retinopathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to work as they affect multiple body systems and limit his ability to perform daily activities and obtain employment.
- Claimed conditions
- nephropathy associated with Type II diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, status post prostatectomy and radiation therapy with residual scar, bilateral upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, bilateral lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, bilateral diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration associated with type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension associated with type II diabetes mellitus, fracture right ankle with post traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19193077
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- 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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