Granted
The veteran's prostate cancer and bone cancer are service-connected. The prostate cancer is due to herbicide exposure in Vietnam, and the bone cancer is secondary to the prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: The veteran served in Vietnam during the presumptive period for herbicide agent exposure, and prostate cancer is a condition presumptively associated with such exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, bones, neoplasm, malignant
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005636
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