The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date and TDIU due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error regarding active cancer status.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain a medical opinion resolving whether or not the Veteran's cancer was active from June 13, 2015, to February 21, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer residuals
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25030926
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent evaluation for prostate cancer residuals from January 29, 2014 to August 12, 2021.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities, including prostate cancer residuals, hearing loss, tinnitus, and erectile dysfunction.
- Dismissed
The appeal of a proposal to reduce the rating for service-connected prostate cancer residuals from 100 percent to 40 percent is dismissed as it was not a final decision.
- Granted
The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals are granted a 60 percent rating from July 7, 2023.
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