The Veteran's claims for service connection for a bladder disorder, migraine headaches, left knee disorder, and right knee disorder are all granted. The Veteran is also found competent to handle her VA compensation benefits.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted showing that the Veteran’s current bladder disorder began in-service due to pregnancy, which triggered VA's duty to obtain an opinion on this theory of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder Disorder, Migraine Headache Disorder, Degenerative Joint Disease (Knees)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- June 5, 2018
- Citation
- 18108370
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