The Board denied the claim for service connection for prostate disability, including benign prostatic hypertrophy and adenocarcinoma of the prostate, concluding that there was no relationship between any current prostate condition and an enlarged prostate noted during military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the June 1962 finding of a 1+ enlarged prostate was acute and transitory, unrelated to the benign prostatic hypertrophy first shown many years after final service separation.
- Claimed conditions
- benign prostatic hypertrophy, adenocarcinoma of the prostate
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2003
- Citation
- 0304607
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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