The Board has remanded the case for a VA examination to determine if the veteran's urinary disorder is related to his service-connected left knee surgery.
The deciding factor: The examiner will assess whether the veteran's urinary disorder is more likely, less likely, or at least as likely as not caused by the February 2006 surgery for his service-connected left knee condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0837078
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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: Partly granted
The Board granted the petition to readjudicate the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a urinary disorder, but denied the petition for neck and facial scars.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bladder cancer and remanded claims for a urinary disorder and erectile dysfunction, while denying prostate cancer.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities cause him to require regular aid and attendance to keep him ordinarily clean and presentable, attend to the wants of nature, and protect him from the hazards or dangers incident to his daily environment. The Board finds that the Veteran meets the criteria for SMC A&A.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's urinary disorder is not caused or aggravated by his service-connected obstructive sleep apnea, and therefore, denied the claim for service connection.
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