The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a prostate disorder, including benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), as incurred in or caused by his military service and secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The decision is based on the lack of evidence supporting that the prostate disorder was incurred during service or due to exposure to herbicides, and also because there is no medical opinion finding a link between the service-connected diabetes and the development of BPH.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's claim for service connection for a prostate disorder, including benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), denied as there was insufficient evidence to support that the condition was incurred during service or due to exposure to herbicides. Additionally, no medical opinion supported a link between the service-connected diabetes and the development of BPH.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate disorder, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19115950
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives and inadequate medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including prostate gland injuries, sleep apnea, DM, and hypertension, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service. The application to readjudicate previously denied claims for memory loss, teeth removal, and eye defects was also denied.
- Partly granted
The Board grants service connection for headaches as the evidence supports a direct link to the Veteran's active military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter to remedy pre-decisional duty to assist errors related to the Veteran's claim for service connection for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
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