The Board denied service connection for nonspecific urethritis as the evidence did not show a current disability related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that there was insufficient evidence to support a clinical correlation between the Veteran's nonspecific urethritis and treatment for venereal disease during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- nonspecific urethritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18143348
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Veteran's earlier effective date for the evaluation of urinary tract obstruction (also claimed as nonspecific urethritis and chronic prostatitis) is denied. The Board found that his disability did not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating prior to October 18, 2007.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional examinations are needed for the Veteran's service-connected nonspecific urethritis, erectile dysfunction, and endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic/femoral artery bypass with scar due to incomplete medical records and lack of recent evaluations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA and private medical records, adjudicating a claim of service connection for hypertension, and securing an opinion from a VA urologist regarding whether erectile dysfunction is caused or aggravated by depression, nonspecific urethritis, and/or hypertension.
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