The Board denied service connection for congenital urethral stricture and removal of half the bladder, finding no evidence of current disability or continuity of symptoms. The Board also found insufficient evidence to support a claim for left lower leg condition (psoriasis).,Service connection was not granted as there is no medical evidence showing that any of these conditions were incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's congenital urethral stricture and removal of half the bladder are not shown to be related to service. The Board found no current disability for these conditions, nor did it find continuity of symptoms since service.,For the left lower leg condition (psoriasis), there is insufficient evidence linking the current condition to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Congenital urethral stricture, Removal of half the bladder, Left lower leg condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1047982
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