The Board has determined that the veteran's current renal disorder, including UTI, is not related to service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions found no relationship between any current renal disorder, including UTI, and a blunt injury in service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic urinary tract infection (UTI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2008
- Citation
- 0803874
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a kidney disorder, including chronic urinary tract infection (UTI), pyelonephritis, nephrolithiasis, and medullary sponge kidney (MSK). The evidence did not support finding that these conditions began during service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for a kidney disorder, including chronic UTI, pyelonephritis, nephrolithiasis, and MSK, due to further development needed.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded both issues of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for chronic UTIs and entitlement to an effective date prior to April 23, 2014, for chronic UTIs due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic urinary tract infection is granted. The Veteran's increased disability rating claim for lumbosacral strain is remanded.
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