The Board granted service connection for status post prostatectomy due to prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence was nearly equal, with a private medical opinion supporting a link between the Veteran's prostate cancer residuals and Camp Lejeune water contamination exposure, while VA examinations did not find such a link. However, the Board resolved all doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Claimed conditions
- status post prostatectomy due to prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25056973
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.
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