The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) and granted her request to reopen the claim of service connection for a chronic urinary tract infection.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the veteran, including hospital discharge summaries and statements from medical professionals, was found to be significant in substantiating her claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD), chronic urinary tract infection
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2003
- Citation
- 0310829
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