The Board found that the Veteran's current symptoms of chronic hematuria are not related to his in-service episodes, and thus denied service connection for a urinary tract disorder.
The deciding factor: VA examinations did not establish a causal relationship between the Veteran's current hematuria and his in-service episodes.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary Tract Disorder, Hematuria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2011
- Citation
- 1134447
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