The Board remands the issues of entitlement to compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for cystitis and perforated diverticulitis, as residuals of prostate cancer treatment, due to a lack of the consent form for salvage radiation treatment in 2007.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary to obtain the missing consent form or confirmation that it is not available from Yale Hospital.
- Claimed conditions
- cystitis, perforated diverticulitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- 25013027
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Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 32% (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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for a bilateral foot disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a skin disorder, and a sleep disorder, as well as an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for cystitis, due to the need for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C. � 1151 for cystitis and perforated diverticulitis, as residuals of prostate cancer treatment, for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for cystitis, hysterectomy, uterine fibroid, and bilateral foot disorders as there was no evidence of a chronic recurrent condition during or after service.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome of the lumbar spine, left ankle deltoid ligament sprain, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, bilateral otitis externa, eczema, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain with osteoarthritis, tinnitus, left varicocele, and cystitis, render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
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