The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a venereal disease and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied. The issues of service connection for prostate cancer, loss of teeth, hemorrhoids, sleep apnea, and arthritis in the back and right hip are remanded due to outstanding development needed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for service connection for venereal disease (claimed as herpes) cannot be granted because there is no current diagnosis of a venereal disease. The issues of prostate cancer, loss of teeth, hemorrhoids, sleep apnea, and arthritis in the back and right hip are remanded due to outstanding development needed.
- Claimed conditions
- venereal disease (claimed as herpes), prostate cancer, loss of teeth, hemorrhoids, sleep apnea, arthritis in the back and right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20081326
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including prostate cancer and related disabilities, urinary incontinence, sleep apnea, hypertension, varicose veins, lumbar spine disability, hip arthritis, shoulder arthritis, ankle arthritis, knee strain, knee replacement, and hand arthritis. The only condition granted was a 10 percent rating for a fracture of the right proximal first metacarpal.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea as there is no evidence of an in-service injury or disease, and no competent evidence linking the condition to service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, related to in-service exposures at Camp Lejeune.
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