The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to October 31, 2003 for the grant of service connection for urethral stricture with chronic dysuria and chronic prostatitis is being remanded due to a potential issue of clear and unmistakable error in the previous denial of his original application.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that there is an issue of whether Clear and Unmistakable Error (CUE) exists in the October 1988 rating decision which denied service connection for urinary tract and prostate conditions. This could affect the current effective date claim.
- Claimed conditions
- urethral stricture, chronic dysuria, chronic prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0809219
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's pelvic floor dysfunction, chronic, with urethral stricture and interstitial cystitis is remanded for further examination to determine its relationship to service. The claim also includes a secondary service connection claim due to his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran contends that the July 1969 rating decision denying service connection for urethral stricture contains CUE and should be reversed to award service connection. The AOJ did not address his contentions in the July 2025 rating decision.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's prostate cancer with prostatectomy, erectile dysfunction, and urethral stricture are all granted service connection. The Veteran's sterility is denied as a symptom of his prostate cancer.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's chronic prostatitis was caused by his in-service renal contusion, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.
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