The veteran's recurrent urinary tract infections are service-connected as secondary to her service-connected bladder disability. Vaginitis is not service-connected.
The deciding factor: Vaginitis was not linked to the veteran's period of service or her service-connected bladder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary Tract Infections, Vaginitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2003
- Citation
- 0302279
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