The Veteran's prostate hypertrophy was denied as not related to service, and the issue of bilateral lower extremity varicose veins is remanded for further development.,Service connection for prostate hypertrophy was denied due to lack of evidence linking current condition to service. The claim for bilateral lower extremity varicose veins is pending and will be reviewed again.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's prostate hypertrophy was not related to any in-service injury or disease, as evidenced by the VA examination findings.,Further development is needed to determine if the Veteran has a current diagnosis of bilateral lower extremity varicose veins and whether it began during service.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate hypertrophy, bilateral lower extremity varicose veins
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2023
- Citation
- 23065777
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for neck pain with upper extremity symptoms, low back pain with lower extremity symptoms, bilateral knee pain, bilateral shoulder pain, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and bilateral lower extremity varicose veins due to a failure of VA to provide examinations as requested by the Veteran.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for prostate hypertrophy as there was no evidence linking the condition to in-service disease or injury.
- Dismissed
The appeal for entitlement to service connection for bilateral lower extremity varicose veins was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election under the Appeals Modernization Act.
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