The Veteran's effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits is granted as of October 9, 2018, due to his permanent and total disability from prostate cancer with urinary incontinence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was found to have a permanent and total service-connected disability as of October 9, 2018, which qualifies him for DEA benefits under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer with urinary incontinence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24001014
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 154 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
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- Granted
The Board has restored service connection for hypertension, prostate cancer with urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and obstructive sleep apnea as the November 2025 AOJ decision was void ab initio due to failure to comply with proper procedural steps.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him so helpless that he requires the regular aid and attendance of another person, as evidenced by his need for assistance with bathing/showering, tending to hygiene needs, eating or self-feeding, transferring in or out of a bed/chair, dressing, toileting, ambulating with his home or living area, and medication management.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for increased ratings of deviated nasal septum, epistaxis, atrial fibrillation, and prostate cancer with urinary incontinence as they were filed more than one year after the last rating decisions.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for prostate cancer with urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction, as the Veteran's claims were received within one year after the enactment of the PACT Act on August 10, 2022.
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