The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for prostatic hypertrophy, finding that there is no competent evidence of a current genitourinary disability related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's current benign prostatic hypertrophy is less likely related to his in-service cystitis and provided an articulated rationale based on medical literature and the absence of objective evidence supporting the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- genitourinary condition, acute cystitis, prostatic hypertrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19185708
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,738 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to February 27, 2023, for the grant of service connection for prostate cancer with prostatic hypertrophy is remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors and incomplete research on his exposure history.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
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