The Board denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional genitourinary disabilities and service connection for kidney stones, finding that these conditions were not proximately due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault by the VA medical facility or staff providing care.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran's urinary frequency and urgency, benign prostatic hypertrophy, kidney stones, and testicular atrophy were not proximately due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault by VA treatment providers.
- Claimed conditions
- urinary frequency, urgency, benign prostatic hypertrophy, kidney stones, testicular atrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1816283
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- 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 Veteran's kidney stones and back disability are granted as service connected. The case is remanded for further development regarding the back disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment for the entire applicable appeal period.
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