The Board granted service connection for a prostate disorder (BPH) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran's BPH is proximately due to his service-connected diabetes disability.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate disorder (BPH)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2024
- Citation
- 24002623
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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