The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for a prostate disorder, cholinergic urticaria, and athlete's foot. The evidence does not support current diagnoses or show that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence demonstrating current disabilities or showing that they are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate disorder, cholinergic urticaria, athlete's foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0324670
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered a medical examination to clarify the current diagnosis of prostate disorder and determine if it is related to service, including exposure to herbicides during the Vietnam War Era.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran has a current diagnosis of athlete's foot that was incurred during active service. The Board finds that the criteria for service connection have been met and grants the claim.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to missing records and a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The claims will be readjudicated after obtaining any necessary records.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed because the May 17, 2025, Board Appeal request was not timely filed with respect to the November 29, 2019, rating decision that granted service connection for left upper extremity radiculopathy and denied service connection for arthritis, athlete's foot, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a left ankle disability, and scars.
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