The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on evidence of in-service exposure to carcinogens.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion from Dr. C.K., a board-certified radiation oncologist, supported the conclusion that the Veteran's prostate cancer was 'at least as likely as not' caused by his exposure to TCE, Benzene, Cadmium, Arsenic, and Nickel during service.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25044899
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including prostate cancer and related disabilities, urinary incontinence, sleep apnea, hypertension, varicose veins, lumbar spine disability, hip arthritis, shoulder arthritis, ankle arthritis, knee strain, knee replacement, and hand arthritis. The only condition granted was a 10 percent rating for a fracture of the right proximal first metacarpal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, related to in-service exposures at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is granted an effective date of April 25, 2014, for service connection for prostate cancer.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of service connection for prostate cancer to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the Veteran's toxic exposure risk activities.
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