The Veteran's bladder disability, including dysfunctional voiding, is considered to be caused by events during his military service and has been granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA treatment provider opined that the Veteran’s military training was causally related to his current bladder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder disability, Functional voiding
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19164956
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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