The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to clarify the relationship between the veteran's current bladder condition and his service, as well as any prior enuresis. The case will be remanded for this purpose.
The deciding factor: The Board finds it necessary to obtain clarification on the etiology of the veteran's current bladder condition due to conflicting medical evidence and the need to determine if the condition is related to service or a pre-existing condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder condition, Urinary incontinence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0318193
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of urinary incontinence to obtain an adequate VA opinion, specifically addressing secondary causation and aggravation by the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include alcohol use disorder, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, and PTSD was granted. Other claims for various conditions were denied.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.
- Partly granted
The appeal was partially granted and dismissed, with service connection for urinary incontinence being granted while other claims were either denied or remanded.
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