The Board granted the reopening of claims for service connection for ischemic heart disease, prostate cancer, and erectile dysfunction secondary to prostate cancer based on new and material evidence. The appeals for entitlement to service connection for IHD and prostate cancer as due to herbicide exposure were remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the submission of new and material evidence that raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims, and the need to verify the Veteran's claimed herbicide exposure at Camp Carroll.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic heart disease (IHD), Prostate cancer, Erectile dysfunction (ED)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22000399
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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