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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0616173
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