Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for the grants of service connection for bladder cancer and hypothyroidism are granted, while the claim for a TDIU is denied. A 30 percent disability rating was assigned for hypothyroidism.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's claims for service connection for bladder cancer and hypothyroidism were directly related to his military service, allowing an effective date of February 27, 2017, while the claim for TDIU did not meet the criteria for an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder cancer, Hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100022
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