Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bladder cancer, an acquired psychiatric disorder, prostate cancer, urinary incontinence, and urinary tract infection due to a need for additional evidence.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors with respect to these claims, including obtaining relevant treatment records and verifying the Veteran's reported in-service toxic exposures.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder cancer, Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression (secondary to bladder cancer), Prostate cancer, Urinary incontinence (secondary to prostate cancer), Urinary tract infection (secondary to prostate cancer)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009641
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