The Board has determined that the veteran's urinary tract infection warrants a noncompensable rating since the effective date of service connection and, as of September 20, 2002, a 10 percent rating.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence showed chronic recurrent urinary tract infection but did not meet criteria for higher ratings due to lack of manifestations requiring absorbent material or frequent voiding.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary Tract Infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0302513
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,710 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal of the issue of entitlement to service connection for urinary tract infection has been dismissed due to the Appellant's withdrawal.
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