The Board has determined that the Veteran's urinary frequency due to benign prostatic hypertrophy is not related to his active duty service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show a link between the Veteran's current condition and his military service, including his service treatment records which do not indicate any chronic conditions such as prostatitis or benign prostatic hypertrophy.
- Claimed conditions
- urinary frequency, benign prostatic hypertrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2018
- Citation
- 1807166
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, sleep apnea, post-traumatic stress disorder, and urinary frequency as there is no competent evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions, including adjustment disorder, benign skin lesions, actinic keratosis, poikiloderma, porokeratosis, Parkinson's disease, benign prostatic hypertrophy, hypertension, increased urinary frequency, diverticulosis, duodenal ulcer, and bilateral cataracts are all granted due to exposure to herbicide agents, mustard gas, and ionizing radiation during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for urinary frequency, as secondary to hypertension and non-service-connected diabetes mellitus type II. The other claims are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for urinary frequency as there is no evidence of a current disability or persistent symptoms related to service.
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