The Board denied service connection for urinary tract infections, transient ischemic attacks, and anxiety attacks as there was no competent medical evidence of current diagnoses or a link to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence suggesting a link between the Veteran's current diagnoses and her military service, and the symptoms have not been shown to be chronic in nature since discharge from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs), Transient ischemic attacks, Anxiety attacks
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0910273
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Decisions by this judge: 1,440 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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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: Partly granted
The appeal was granted for new and relevant evidence to readjudicate the claims for service connection for urinary tract infections (UTIs) and insomnia, while hypertension was denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to uncertainty about whether the Veteran's breathing problems are a separate disability from his service-connected psychiatric disorder and if they are related to military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's appeal to establish service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with anxiety attacks, also claimed as bipolar disorder, is granted due to the waiver of the timeliness requirement.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with anxiety attacks has prevented her from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation since September 21, 2018. The Board granted the TDIU claim effective that date.
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