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.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows the Veteran had service in Vietnam and was presumed to have been exposed to herbicide agents. The Veteran's claim was received between May 3, 1989, and January 1, 2021, which aligns with the effective date of the statute establishing presumptive service connection for bladder cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103382
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 719 · Granted: 54% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for residuals of bladder cancer is dismissed as the claim has been granted. The issues of service connection for colon and lung cancers are remanded due to a duty-to-assist error.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of bladder cancer is dismissed because the March 2025 rating decision was a purely ministerial implementation of the March 2025 Board decision.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of bladder cancer and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the now service-connected bladder cancer.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of bladder cancer are granted a disability rating of 60 percent, effective October 1, 2021.
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