The Board has determined that the VA examination provided in September 2015 is inadequate to decide the claim, and thus remands the case for a new examination.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinion was based on an inaccurate restatement of the facts and did not provide a reasoned rationale.
- Claimed conditions
- prostatic enlargement, lower urinary tract symptoms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24029783
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of sinusitis.,An increased rating to 50 percent for migraines is granted, subject to controlling regulations governing the payment of monetary awards.,Entitlement to a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis is denied.,A rating of 70 percent for PTSD is granted, but no higher.,Service connection for lower urinary tract symptoms is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of lower urinary tract symptoms, as there are errors in the decision-making process regarding medical opinions and missing records. The case will be returned to the AOJ for further review.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss, vitiligo, and tendinitis of both wrists due to a lack of evidence supporting a nexus between these conditions and his military service. The claim for lower urinary tract symptoms was remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected lower urinary tract symptoms.
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