The Board denied an effective date prior to June 18, 2014, for the grant of service connection for scars, prostate surgery, anterior trunk and denied a disability rating in excess of 40 percent for the service-connected residuals of prostate cancer. However, it granted an effective date of June 18, 2014, but no earlier, for the grant of a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the fact that the scars resulted from a proctectomy occurring in 2010 and the date of claim is June 18, 2014. For the TDIU, it was granted on an extraschedular basis as of December 20, 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- scars, prostate surgery, anterior trunk, residuals of prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus with hypertension and erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25038512
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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