The Board remands the case for further development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and an advisory medical opinion regarding the veteran's genitourinary disorder in relation to his exposure to ionizing radiation during service.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary to determine if the veteran has a genitourinary disability related to his exposure to radiation in service.
- Claimed conditions
- hemorrhagic radiation cystitis, genitourinary disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2008
- Citation
- 0815543
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a genitourinary disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for allergic rhinitis and a genitourinary disorder, finding clear and unmistakable evidence that the conditions pre-existed service and were not aggravated beyond their natural progression.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's genitourinary disorder, including recurrent urinary tract infections, pyelonephritis, and medullary sponge kidney. The examiner is instructed to provide an addendum opinion addressing whether these conditions are related to active service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a genitourinary disorder, claimed as residuals of a urinary tract infection with kidney disorder and prostatitis, finding that the condition did not develop in service and was not otherwise causally related to service.
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