The Board found no evidence of a current bladder tumor or chronic urinary tract infections and denied the veteran's claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: Medical records did not show any current diagnoses of bladder tumors or chronic urinary tract infections, and there was insufficient evidence to establish service connection based on direct service incurrence.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder tumor, Chronic urinary tract infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0424020
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