The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer with metastasis to the bone, finding that it was not related to any disease, injury, or event during service, including exposure to ionizing radiation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's prostate cancer did not meet the criteria for direct service connection and was unlikely to be caused by his in-service exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer with metastasis to the bone
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25001803
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Decisions by this judge: 835 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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