The Board has determined that the Veteran's current benign prostatic hypertrophy is related to his service-connected chronic prostatitis, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on direct evidence showing a diagnosis of BPH coincident with service, despite conflicting opinions regarding secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH), Chronic Prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2017
- Citation
- 1746509
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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