The Board granted an effective date of August 26, 2014, for the award of service connection for residuals of bladder cancer due to continuous pursuit of the claim.
The deciding factor: The Board found that VA inadvertently but effectively removed the Veteran's ability to timely appeal his bladder cancer claim under the legacy system, and thus granted the effective date based on continuous pursuit of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25053373
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.
- Granted
The Veteran is entitled to an effective date of March 13, 2012, for his claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of bladder cancer.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of bladder cancer are granted a disability rating of 60 percent, effective October 1, 2021.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a higher rating for residuals of bladder cancer and TDIU due to insufficient evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for residuals of bladder cancer to obtain a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's exposure to ionizing radiation and its potential link to his bladder cancer.
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