The veteran seeks service connection for urethral strictures, including urinary tract infections and proteinuria. The Board has determined that additional development is needed to clarify whether the veteran currently has a disability and if so, whether it was aggravated by active service or treatment for his right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that an additional examination and opinion are required to determine if the veteran currently has a current genitourinary disability and whether any preexisting disability was aggravated by either active service or treatment for a service-connected right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- urethral strictures, urinary tract infections, proteinuria
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2003
- Citation
- 0328383
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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 has remanded the case due to a failure to obtain a VA examination prior to denying the Veteran's claim for service connection for proteinuria. The examiner is asked to determine if there is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's underlying chronic kidney disease is related to his proteinuria, which was documented in his STRs and post-service treatment records.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for vaginal conditions, gastric bypass with residual hernias, bilateral knee conditions, bilateral shin splints, and bilateral foot conditions as they were not found to be related to the Veteran's service or service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate examination and a need for further medical opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed kidney condition, prostatitis, and urinary frequency.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinea capitis, hypertension, and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine but denied service connection for sinusitis and urinary tract infections. The claims for PTSD, hearing loss, chest pain, right hip condition, left hip condition, and right knee condition were remanded.
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