The Veteran's recurrent urinary tract infections were found to be related to service, and the claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The continuity of symptoms since service was established, along with objective medical evidence supporting a current diagnosis of chronic cystitis, supported the finding that the Veteran's condition is related to her in-service bladder problems.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent urinary tract infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2010
- Citation
- 1008005
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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