Prostate Cancer VA Claim Grants
Real BVA decisions granting service connection for prostate cancer, including Agent Orange presumptives.
Prostate cancer is a long-standing Agent Orange presumptive under 38 CFR § 3.309(e). Active treatment or surgery yields a 100% rating under § 4.115b Code 7528; residuals (voiding dysfunction, erectile dysfunction) become the rating after a mandatory re-evaluation 6 months post-treatment.
Top 5 recent grants
Ranked by decision date. Each card shows verbatim Findings of Fact and Reasons & Bases pulled directly from the Board's published decision — no summarization, no AI rewording.
Findings of Fact (verbatim from decision)
1. The Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) complied with the notice and proposal requirements for reducing the rating for a service-connected disability laid out in 38 C.F.R. § 3.105 (e) and the Veteran does not contend otherwise. 2. The rating in question had not been in effect for long periods (five or more years) at the same level and, therefore, was not considered "stabilized" under 38 C.F.R. § 3.344(c). 3. The record does not show, and the Veteran does not argue, that his prostate cancer residuals involve symptoms other than erectile dysfunction and voiding dysfunction. 4.…
Findings of Fact (verbatim from decision)
The Veteran's prostate cancer is related to radiation exposure in service.
Findings of Fact (verbatim from decision)
1. The Veteran served on active duty from August 1966 to July 1970. 2. Prostate cancer is related to herbicide exposure in Thailand.
Findings of Fact (verbatim from decision)
1. The Veteran has been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type II; he served at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base during the Vietnam era and has provided credible and probative evidence of regularly service at or near the base perimeter; therefore, his exposure to herbicide agents at that time has been established. 2. The Veteran has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent a radical prostatectomy; his inservice exposure to herbicide agents has been established. 3. The Veteran has been diagnosed with ischemic heart disease; his inservice exposure to herbicide agents has been established. 4.…
Reasons & Bases (verbatim from decision)
The Veteran served on active duty in the Air Force from August 1965 to January 1969. This matter comes before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) on appeal of December 2013 and April 2016 rating decisions issued by a regional office (hereinafter agency of original jurisdiction or AOJ) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In April 2017, the Veteran testified at a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge who has since retired from the Board; a transcript of the hearing has been attached to the record. In November 2022, the Board sent the Veteran a letter asking him if he wished to be afforded an additional Board hearing. As indicated in the letter, when the Veteran did not respond to this correspondence it was concluded that he did not wish to appear for another hearing. The Board previously denied these claims in a December 2018 decision, which the Veteran appealed to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court). The parties agreed to the terms of a December 2019 Joint Motion for Remand (JMR) issued by the Court and returning the case to the Board, which again denied the claims in a June 2020 decision. The Veteran again appealed the denial to the Court, which issued an April 2022 memorandum decision vacating the decision and returning the claims to the Board. This case has been advanced on the docket pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 7107(b)(3). 38 C.F.R. § 20.90…
Findings of Fact (verbatim from decision)
The Veteran's prostate cancer is related to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents while on active military service in Guam.
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How to use these decisions in your claim
- ›Confirm qualifying Agent Orange exposure — Vietnam, Thailand air bases, Korean DMZ during the applicable window.
- ›Active treatment = 100% rating. Don't let the VA reduce prematurely — the regulation requires evaluation 6 months post-treatment.
- ›Post-treatment residuals (voiding dysfunction, ED) deserve their own ratings under SMC-K and the GU rating criteria.
- ›BVA decisions are non-precedential under 38 CFR § 20.1303 but the Board and rating officials regularly find recent analogous decisions persuasive — especially when your facts materially match.
- ›Paste the suggested-citation line into VA Form 21-4138 (Statement in Support of Claim), then attach the full decision PDF as an exhibit.
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- Prostate Cancer rating guide — 2026 compensation tables + rating criteria under 38 CFR.
- C&P Exam Prep — the DBQ questions and how to answer them.
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