Service connection for prostate disorder, bladder disorder, hypertension, and COPD is denied.,The Veteran's current diagnoses of these conditions are not related to service or any in-service event, injury, or disease.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran’s diagnosed prostate disorder, bladder disorder, hypertension, and COPD began during service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate disorder, Bladder disorder, Hypertension, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19163962
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