The Veteran's claim for service connection for a genitourinary disability, claimed as secondary to his service-connected disabilities or due to exposure to Agent Orange, is being remanded for additional development. The issue of whether the current genitourinary disability(s) are related to military service or PTSD will be addressed.
The deciding factor: The claim requires further medical examination and opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's genitourinary disabilities and their relationship to his military service, including exposure to herbicides in Vietnam, and to his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Claimed conditions
- chronic recurrent prostatitis, interstitial cystitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2013
- Citation
- 1316877
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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