The Board found that the veteran did not have service connection for prostatitis as it was not shown to be related to his military service, and thus denied the claim.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a diagnosis of prostatitis during the veteran's military service. The continuity of symptoms test has not been met since there is no documented history of prostatitis prior to discharge from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0315202
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What this means for you
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