The Board remands the claim for service connection for a bladder condition, to include as due to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability, due to inadequate medical opinions regarding causation and aggravation.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions provided are found to be inadequate because they do not address both causation and aggravation, nor do they adequately consider the Veteran's lay statements and medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- overactive bladder syndrome, benign prostatic hyperplasia with overactive bladder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2024
- Citation
- A24062213
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Decisions by this judge: 2,088 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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