The Board has granted service connection for a bladder disability, specifically bladder outlet obstruction. The Veteran's current condition is found to be secondary to benign prostate hypertrophy resulting from trauma during military service in 1968.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the Veteran's credible testimony and medical evidence linking his current bladder disorder to an incident of service origin (catheterization) and a pre-existing condition (benign prostate hypertrophy).
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder outlet obstruction, Pyelonephritis, Status post right ureterocele surgery
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2014
- Citation
- 1429061
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