The Board denied earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for various conditions, including adenocarcinoma of the colon and peripheral neuropathies.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an earlier date of entitlement for the Veteran's claims, as the claims were received after the relevant diagnoses and the PACT Act was not applicable to this case.
- Claimed conditions
- adenocarcinoma of the colon status post resection of the large intestine and chemotherapy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (sciatic nerve), left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (anterior crural femoral nerve), right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (sciatic nerve), left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy (lower radicular group), right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy (lower radicular group), right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (anterior crural femoral nerve)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094829
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 948 · Granted: 52% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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