The Board granted an effective date of April 8, 2019, for service connection for bladder cancer and denied a higher rating for the same condition. The claims for erectile dysfunction and insomnia were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bladder cancer was found to be related to his active-duty service, including exposure to Agent Orange while serving in Thailand, thus granting service connection on both presumptive and direct bases from April 8, 2019. The higher rating claim was denied as the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 40 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015541
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