The Veteran's prostate cancer and associated residuals are granted service connection on a presumptive basis due to herbicide exposure. Chronic kidney disease is also granted as secondary to hypertension. The claims for new and material evidence for gastric cancer, increased rating for hypertension and GERD, and service connection for ischemic heart disease are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's prostate cancer was granted on a presumptive basis due to herbicide exposure at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base. Chronic kidney disease is secondary to service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, chronic kidney disease, gastric cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19195243
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for chronic kidney disease was dismissed due to the Veteran not timely filing a Notice of Disagreement within one year of the rating decision.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a vitamin D deficiency and remanded claims for coronary artery disease, status post femoral bypass, chronic kidney disease, and anemia due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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