The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's chronic prostatitis, a current disability, was incurred during his active military service. The opinion linking this current condition to symptoms in service is considered sufficient.
The deciding factor: The VA doctor's opinion connecting the current prostatitis to symptoms in service is considered sufficient evidence for granting service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0402616
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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