GrantedPACT Act
The Board granted an effective date of September 16, 2019, for the grant of service connection for prostatic adenocarcinoma, erectile dysfunction, and scars, anterior trunk (abdominal) area, residual of radical prostatectomy surgery.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's herbicide agent exposure at Ramasun Station in Thailand is established on a facts-found basis, allowing an effective date as of the date of claim for these conditions under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- prostatic adenocarcinoma, erectile dysfunction, scars, anterior trunk (abdominal) area, residual of radical prostatectomy surgery
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107086
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