The Board denied service connection for prostate enlargement and bladder impairment, finding no evidence of a direct relationship to service or any other basis for establishing service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current back disabilities were not shown during service or within one year post-service, and there is no competent medical evidence linking the conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate enlargement, bladder impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20012644
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection, increased rating, and TDIU due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The issues include secondary service connection for cervical spine disability, separate ratings for lower extremity radiculopathy, and TDIU based on his lumbar spine disabilities.
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