The Board found that the veteran's genitourinary disability, including prostatitis and a urinary tract infection, was not incurred in or aggravated by service, including exposure to ionizing radiation.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of prostate disability until several years after service discharge, and there is no presumptive disease listed under 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(d)(2).
- Claimed conditions
- genitourinary disability, chronic prostatitis, urinary tract infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0202913
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
Service connection for prostate cancer on an accrued basis was granted based on the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine, finding competent and credible evidence at least approximately balanced between service-connected prostatitis and prostate cancer. Service connection was denied for stomach cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer, the Veteran's cause of death, and dependency indemnity compensation benefits.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a genitourinary disability due to insufficient evidence of a current disability.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal before the Board made a decision, and therefore the appeal is dismissed.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for chronic prostatitis prior to July 30, 2021, and denied a higher rating from that date. The Board also granted entitlement to TDIU.
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