The Veteran was granted an initial 100 percent rating for residuals of bladder cancer and prostate cancer from November 28, 2011 through September 4, 2012 and April 1, 2013 through February 27, 2014, and an effective date of November 28, 2011 for the award of eligibility for DEA benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
The deciding factor: The evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran experienced active bladder cancer and/or underwent therapeutic procedures for bladder cancer during the periods on appeal from November 28, 2011 through September 4, 2012 and April 1, 2013 through February 27, 2014. As the reasonable doubt created by this approximate balance in the evidence must be resolved in favor of the Veteran, an initial 100 percent rating for residuals of bladder cancer and prostate cancer is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder cancer, Prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25046109
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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