Partly grantedPACT Act
The Board granted service connection for urinary bladder cancer under the PACT Act and remanded other claims for further development.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the Veteran's participation in a toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) due to her MOS as an Aviation Boatswain's Mate and service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations after August 2, 1990.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder cancer, Anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Hypertension, Lumbosacral strain (claimed as lower back pain)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108228
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