The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a genitourinary disability as secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine disability due to lack of evidence showing that the genitourinary disability was caused or aggravated by the lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: Multiple VA examiners found no medical relationship between the service-connected lumbar spine disability and the Veteran's genitourinary disability, leading to a denial of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- genitourinary disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22001434
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and service connection prior to June 27, 2024, for a genitourinary disability were dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a genitourinary disability due to insufficient evidence of a current disability.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for a gynecological disability, gastrointestinal disability, and genitourinary disability as they were part of an appeal that was already pending.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and a genitourinary disability, including erectile dysfunction, penile skin nodule, and status-post prostate cancer. The case will be returned to the RO for further development.
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