The Veteran's recurrent UTIs have been rated as noncompensable since January 8, 2007. Since October 8, 2012, the Veteran has been granted a 10 percent rating for her service-connected recurrent UTIs.
The deciding factor: The December 2014 VA examination report concluded that the voiding dysfunction symptoms are not related to the service-connected recurrent UTI condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections, Interstitial Cystitis (IC) / Painful Bladder Syndrome (PBS)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 31, 2016
- Citation
- 1634306
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What this means for you
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