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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19137434
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- 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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