The Board found that the Veteran does not have a chronic disorder manifested by urinary tract infections which either began during or was otherwise caused by her military service, and therefore denied her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence establishing a link between the Veteran's current urinary tract infections and her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary Tract Infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2012
- Citation
- 1205660
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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).
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- Whole decision: Granted
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