The Board has determined that the veteran's current urological conditions, including a prostate disorder, are attributable to his treatment for gonorrhea during service. As all benefit of doubt is resolved in favor of the veteran, service connection for the claimed disability is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran had urological complications secondary to inservice treatment for gonorrhea, which supports a finding of service connection based on direct evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0616173
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,547 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, kidney disorder, and prostate disorder have been denied as there is no evidence of in-service incurrence or a link to service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was granted an increased initial rating of 70 percent, and TDIU and SMC were also granted from January 26, 2016. Service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, peripheral neuropathy, bilateral upper and lower extremities, prostate disorder, sleep apnea, and Parkinson's-like symptoms was denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and readjudication, including considering new evidence associated with the file since the April 2016 rating decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's prostate disorder and hypertension claims are being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and a VA opinion regarding the etiology of his prostate disorders.
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