The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction as secondary to prostate cancer residuals, multiple sclerosis, and trigeminal neuralgia as secondary to multiple sclerosis. The claim for myalgia was remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on presumptive exposure to herbicide agents during active service aboard the U.S.S. Ticonderoga, a positive nexus opinion linking erectile dysfunction to prostate cancer residuals, and a private medical opinion relating multiple sclerosis to exposure to contaminants at Camp Lejeune. Trigeminal neuralgia was also linked to multiple sclerosis.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, multiple sclerosis, trigeminal neuralgia, myalgia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24073492
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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