The Board granted an initial rating of 100 percent for prostate cancer from November 1, 2023, to May 21, 2024, and denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for prostate cancer. The claim for service connection for dementia was remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence showing ongoing treatment for prostate cancer from November 1, 2023, to May 21, 2024, and no earlier indication of a formal or informal claim for service connection. The Board found that the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange established an in-service event related to his current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, dementia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020215
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