The Veteran's bladder condition is secondary to his service-connected prostate cancer, and he is now service connected for this condition. The Veteran's right eye vision loss is not related to his service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's current bladder condition was caused by transurethral microwave thermotherapy of the prostate, which is part of his treatment for prostate cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye severe visual impairment, mild dry eye, senile cataracts, right eye macular edema
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2018
- Citation
- 1814437
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal of the January 2013 denial of service connection for myopic astigmatism with senile cataracts, bilateral eyes was dismissed due to non-compliance with claims processing rules.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right eye disorder, including senile cataracts and small recurrent nasal pterygium, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or related to military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development regarding separate schedular and extraschedular disability ratings for right eye macular edema, bilateral diabetic retinopathy, and bilateral cataracts (pseudophakia) from December 3, 2013 to May 13, 2018.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The Board cannot issue a decision on the merits of this appeal at this time.
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