The Board remands the claim for service connection of residuals of prostate cancer status post radical prostatectomy to ensure an adequate examination and opinion are provided.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 examination and September 2024 TERA opinion were found inadequate as they failed to address relevant portions of the Veteran's health history, including in-service symptoms and conditions related to his prostate and urinary treatment. The Board finds that remand is necessary to correct this pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of prostate cancer status post radical prostatectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091474
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Decisions by this judge: 191 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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