The veteran's chronic cystitis was incurred during active military service and the Board finds that she is entitled to service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Chronic cystitis developed during service and continues post-service, meeting the criteria for service connection under direct service connection rules.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic cystitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0627370
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