The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for lumbar spine disability with sciatica, bladder disability, and prostate disability as secondary to his service-connected postoperative hemorrhoids with fissures.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no medical evidence supporting a causal relationship between the Veteran’s service-connected conditions and his current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability with sciatica, bladder disability, prostate disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19182851
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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