The Board has denied service connection for an eye disability, granted service connection for a urinary tract disorder secondary to prostate cancer, and denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic pain disorder. The rating for erectile dysfunction remains unchanged.,For the right shoulder, low back, right knee, left shoulder, and left knee disabilities, the Board has remanded these issues due to insufficient evidence regarding their relationship to service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's eye disability is not related to his military service as there was no in-service injury or disease that could have caused his current diagnoses. The urinary tract disorder is secondary to prostate cancer, which the Board found at least as likely as not due to service-connected prostate cancer.,For the shoulder, back, and knee disabilities, the Board has remanded these issues because the evidence does not establish a clear connection between the Veteran's military service and his current diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye Disability, Urinary Tract Disorder, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic Pain Disorder, Erectile Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21012817
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