The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to an inadequate VA examination that conflated direct and secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion did not address whether prostate hypertrophy is related to service, which is required for a grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- prostatic hypertrophy, chronic urinary tract infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2019
- Citation
- A19001643
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, right and left lower extremity disabilities, nausea, hypertension, loss of smell, loss of taste, kidney disorder, prostatic hypertrophy, prostate cancer, post cranial nodes, boils on the shoulders, armpits, groin, and neck, gynecomastia, and an ear tumor. The claims were denied as there was no evidence linking these conditions to service or toxic exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to address an inadequate May 2022 VA medical examination and to consider private medical records showing a history of malignant neoplasm of the prostate.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for prostatic hypertrophy, finding that there is no competent evidence of a current genitourinary disability related to service.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for prostatic hypertrophy and skin disorder, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between these conditions and his active service or any presumptive exposure to herbicides.
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