Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for prostate cancer and residuals due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the AOJ relied on an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 examiner's opinion lacked an accurate factual basis and was not probative due to incorrect rejection of conceded in-service exposures and inadequate rationale regarding TCE exposure and prostate cancer etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, residuals of prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085242
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