The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including prostate cancer and major depressive disorder, are rated at a combined 70 percent. The Board finds that these conditions render the Veteran unable to maintain regular substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly his prostate cancer and major depressive disorder, significantly impair his ability to work due to their nature and severity.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, major depressive disorder, recurrent without psychotic features, diabetes mellitus type 2, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20074709
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.
- Dismissed
The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for major depressive disorder is dismissed as moot because the earliest effective date was granted during the pendency of this appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, related to in-service exposures at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction due to an inadequate VA opinion regarding its etiology.
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