The Board has ordered further development due to the need for additional evidence. The case is now being sent back to the RO for obtaining missing questions from a genitourinary examination.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the VA facility where the April 1998 genitourinary examination was performed did not provide all the questions asked in the medical history portion of the examination report.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0329465
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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.
- Partly granted
Service connection for prostate cancer on an accrued basis was granted based on the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine, finding competent and credible evidence at least approximately balanced between service-connected prostatitis and prostate cancer. Service connection was denied for stomach cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer, the Veteran's cause of death, and dependency indemnity compensation benefits.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for chronic prostatitis prior to July 30, 2021, and denied a higher rating from that date. The Board also granted entitlement to TDIU.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, finding a causal relationship between the Veteran's in-service exposure to airborne particulates and lead. The claim for chronic prostatitis was remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for a kidney disability and chronic prostatitis for further development consistent with a Joint Motion for Remand.
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