The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) is denied as there was no formal or informal claim filed prior to August 26, 2015.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file a formal or informal claim for LUTS prior to the current effective date of August 26, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19137434
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for lower urinary tract symptoms, erectile dysfunction, vertigo, and psoriatic arthritis to correct pre-decisional errors in the VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a urinary disability (LUTS) and obstructive sleep apnea, finding that these conditions are aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examination and requests for a more comprehensive opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's prostate condition with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) was denied because the evidence did not establish that VA's care caused his additional disability.
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