The Board denied service connection for prostate disorder and hypertension, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses of prostatic hypertrophy and chronic prostatitis are not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no link between the Veteran's current prostate conditions and his military service, including presumed herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- prostatic hypertrophy, chronic prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2021
- Citation
- 21003240
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What this means for you
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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: 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: 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: 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.
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