The Board denied the veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for prostatitis, finding that there was no current diagnosis of prostatitis and that his symptoms were better explained by benign prostatic hypertrophy.
The deciding factor: The VA examination revealed that the veteran had benign prostatic hypertrophy rather than active prostatitis, which did not warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- prostatitis, benign prostatic hypertrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0007050
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What this means for you
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