Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer due to conceded in-service exposure to herbicides, effective from the date of claim.
The deciding factor: The persuasive weight of the evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's prostate cancer is due to his conceded in-service exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, skin cancer, to include basal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010471
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