The Board denied service connection for a urinary disorder, including benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), as the evidence did not support a link between the Veteran's current condition and his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions were against a direct relationship between the Veteran's in-service symptoms and his current BPH diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- benign prostatic hypertrophy, urinary disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19102080
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