The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bladder disability, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his active military service or exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The Board also found that the Veteran did not have bladder cancer and thus could not be granted presumptive service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners concluded that the Veteran's current neurogenic bladder disability was not related to his in-service urinary cystitis or infection, nor was it due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The Board found these opinions more probative than the Veteran's lay assertions and medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder Disability, Neurogenic Bladder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1760802
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