Dismissed
The claim for service connection for bladder cancer was dismissed because the condition was already service-connected with an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on a full grant of benefits by the AOJ, which granted service connection with an earlier effective date than the current appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25014573
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