The Board has granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity deep vein thrombosis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's DVT and its residuals were proximately caused by his service-connected prostate cancer and its associated treatment, including urological surgeries.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity deep vein thrombosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23049030
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for dementia as a secondary condition to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder, but dismissed claims for service connection of benign prostatic hypertrophy, bilateral lower extremity deep vein thrombosis, pituitary gland adenoma, pre-cancer colon polyps, and skin cancer.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection for asthma was denied, but a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from October 11, 2017 was granted.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
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