The Board has granted service connection for urethral stricture disease and denied service connection for hypospadias. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, is also service connected.
The deciding factor: The private urologist and physician provided opinions that the Veteran's urethral stricture disease had its onset during service, while his hypospadias was a congenital defect not subject to service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hypospadias, urethral stricture disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1412317
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's urethral stricture disease with bladder diverticulum, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to an injury during active duty for training (ACDUTRA) or inactive duty training (INACDUTRA).
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, finding that his bladder disorder was not caused by VA carelessness or negligence and was due to pre-existing conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives. The Veteran's genitourinary disorders, including hypospadias and associated conditions like ED, voiding dysfunction, epididymitis, and UTIs, are being reviewed for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete development and needs further medical opinions regarding the Veteran's genitourinary disorder, including whether it is a congenital defect or superimposed injury/disease, if it was aggravated during service, and if it began in or is otherwise the result of military service.
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