The Veteran's claim for service connection for a prostate disorder, diagnosed as chronic prostatitis and BPH, was denied because there is no evidence of such disorder during his active duty or within one year after separation. The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence does not attribute the current BPH to his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran's current BPH was less likely than not related to his active duty service, as there was no indication of BPH or prostatitis during service and it is typically associated with advancing age rather than a specific event.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate disorder, chronic prostatitis, benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2014
- Citation
- 1436895
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