The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for abdominal or bladder pain and urinary frequency, as well as an increased rating for right index finger due to inadequate examinations and procedural issues.
The deciding factor: The examination was insufficient in addressing the Veteran's history of prostatitis and his current symptoms related to dysuria. The Board also noted a procedural issue with not including the right index finger claim in the supplemental statement of the case.
- Claimed conditions
- Abdominal or bladder pain, Prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2023
- Citation
- 23057334
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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 restored a 20 percent rating for prostatitis, effective September 25, 2020, as the reduction was improper due to an inadequate VA examination.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's prostatitis with BPH was granted a 40 percent rating from May 19, 2018. The effective date for the increased rating is February 10, 2023.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 USC 1318 as the criteria were not met, and remanded the service connection for cause of death due to inadequate medical evidence.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for positional vertigo and denied service connection for prostatitis, sinusitis, and traumatic brain injury.
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