The Board has dismissed the appeal regarding an increased rating for service-connected genitourinary disability due to withdrawal by the veteran. The claim of secondary service connection for bladder cancer is denied as there is no evidence that the bladder cancer is proximately due to or the result of the service-connected genitourinary disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion indicated that it is unlikely that the service-connected acuminata (human papilloma virus) caused the veteran's bladder cancer, and thus secondary service connection cannot be established.
- Claimed conditions
- verruca acuminata intra-urethral, bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0615268
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What this means for you
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