The Veteran's service connection claims for benign prostatic hypertrophy of the prostate and dysuria were denied. The claim to reopen his blackouts (now claimed as seizures) was granted, but he is still not found to have a current condition related to exposure at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: VA medical examinations could not establish a causal relationship between the Veteran's conditions and contaminated water exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- benign prostatic hypertrophy of the prostate, dysuria
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1441501
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