The Board denied service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy and genitourinary disorders other than recurrent urinary tract infection, granted service connection for recurrent urinary tract infection including residuals, and remanded the vertigo claim for further medical examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found insufficient evidence of current diagnosis and in-service incurrence for radiculopathy and genitourinary disorders, but found medical evidence at least in equipoise regarding recurrent urinary tract infection, and determined the vertigo examination opinion was inadequate because it failed to consider the Veteran's retirement physical.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, right lower extremity, genitourinary disability (prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia), recurrent urinary tract infection, vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2020
- Citation
- A20015418
What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, higher ratings, and earlier effective dates, as well as dismissed his claim for a TDIU.
- Partly granted
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- Denied
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