The Board has granted service connection for nocturia as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric and lower back disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in approximate balance regarding whether the current nocturia condition is proximately due to and/or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities, including mental health and IVDS conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Nocturia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2026
- Citation
- A26034986
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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