The veteran's prostatitis is not service-connected under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to lack of informed consent and carelessness, negligence, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA during the catheterization. The Board finds that the preponderance of evidence does not support a finding of causation.
The deciding factor: The prostatitis is attributed to treatment for a service-connected disease (low back disability) and was reasonably foreseeable as a result of the catheterization, but there is no indication of fault on VA's part during the procedure.
- Claimed conditions
- prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0638831
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