Granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 15, 2021, for service connection for prostate cancer and related conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's date of claim is January 15, 2021, and the earliest possible effective date that can be assigned is his date of claim.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25019981
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