The Board granted earlier effective dates of April 28, 2017, for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and a total disability rating based on unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU), but denied an earlier effective date for prostate cancer residuals.

The deciding factor: The Report was relevant to the issue of in-service exposure to herbicides, but the November 2021 Board decision that granted service connection for prostate cancer residuals was not based 'all or in part' on the Report, so the exception at 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c) for an earlier effective date is not applicable.

Claimed conditions

diabetes mellitus, type II, prostate cancer residuals, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 7, 2025

Citation

A25086419

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