Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, to include as due to in-service exposure to herbicide agents, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding of in-service exposure to an herbicide agent and prostate cancer is presumptively service-connected when such exposure is established.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, chronic pain throughout the body (manifested by gout)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25003180
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