The Veteran's claim for service connection for BPH with LUTS and chronic prostatitis has been reopened, but the issue of entitlement to service connection remains pending. The Board has ordered a remand due to inadequate VA examination opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's lower urinary tract symptoms.
The deciding factor: The examinations provided by VA did not adequately address the origin of the Veteran's LUTS and failed to provide sufficient rationale for their conclusions, necessitating further investigation and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), chronic prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20028293
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's chronic prostatitis was caused by his in-service renal contusion, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran was granted a 40% rating for chronic prostatitis effective March 18, 2019. He previously had a non-compensable rating from December 11, 1969, and increased to 20% in June 2004.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
Service connection for prostate cancer on an accrued basis was granted based on the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine, finding competent and credible evidence at least approximately balanced between service-connected prostatitis and prostate cancer. Service connection was denied for stomach cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer, the Veteran's cause of death, and dependency indemnity compensation benefits.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for chronic prostatitis prior to July 30, 2021, and denied a higher rating from that date. The Board also granted entitlement to TDIU.
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