The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for phimosis, finding that there was no evidence to support a direct or secondary relationship between his condition and his active duty service.
The deciding factor: A VA medical examination stated that the Veteran's phimosis was neither caused nor aggravated by his prostate cancer. There was no other competent evidence supporting a direct connection to his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- phimosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0905631
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Decisions by this judge: 952 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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