Granted
The Board granted service connection for various conditions, including hypertension, aortic aneurysm repair with heart disease, peripheral neuropathy, prostate cancer, and erectile dysfunction, effective April 14, 2018.
The deciding factor: Entitlement to service connection for these disabilities predated the initial claim in April 2018, but the earliest effective date allowed by law is April 14, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, status post aortic aneurysm repair, with aortic regurgitation and valvular heart disease, scar status post aortic aneurysm repair, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099415
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