The Board denied service connection for benign prostatic hyperplasia and overflow incontinence, exhaustion, and dermatitis as the evidence did not show a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active-duty service, including exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no medical literature supporting a causative relationship between the claimed conditions and exposure to contaminants in the water at Camp Lejeune, and the evidence did not establish a direct causal link.
- Claimed conditions
- benign prostatic hyperplasia and overflow incontinence, exhaustion, dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25041736
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