The Board has granted a 40 percent rating for osteoarthritic changes of the lower thoracic spine, but has remanded the Veteran's claim for a higher rating for chronic recurrent prostatitis.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection and rating of prostatitis due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a genitourinary disability, claimed as secondary to his service-connected disabilities or due to exposure to Agent Orange, is being remanded for additional development. The issue of whether the current genitourinary disability(s) are related to military service or PTSD will be addressed.

The veteran's service-connected chronic recurrent prostatitis is currently manifested by marked obstructive symptomatology with recurrent urinary tract infections, but not requiring drainage, frequent hospitalization, or continuous intensive management. The claim for an increased evaluation is denied.,The veteran's service-connected chronic pyelonephritis is not currently manifested by albumin and casts, with history of acute nephritis, or compensable hypertension. The claim for a compensable evaluation is denied.,Evidence submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a back disorder does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.