The Board found that the veteran's urinary dysfunction did not have its onset during service or due to his service-connected lower back disability, and thus denied service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a current disorder manifested by urinary dysfunction in service or linked to the service-connected lower back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- urinary dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2002
- Citation
- 0214743
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- Denied
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