The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for penile cancer, including as due to herbicide agent exposure and secondary to service-connected prostate cancer. The case is now pending further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that there is insufficient evidence to establish a link between the Veteran's in-service symptoms and his later diagnosed HPV and resulting penile cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- penile cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23014758
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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.
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 coronary atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, and penile cancer as there was no evidence of a medical nexus between the Veteran's conditions and his military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's penile cancer, finding that it is related to active duty service and not due to any in-service injury or event.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for multiple myeloma and right ear hearing loss. The issues of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, penile cancer, and pulmonary fibrosis are remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for prostate cancer due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents. However, the Veteran's claim for service connection for penile cancer is remanded as there is insufficient evidence regarding its etiology and whether it is secondary to his service-connected prostate cancer.
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