The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of recurrent urinary tract infections and a compensable disability rating for her scar of the right hand. The Board found no evidence to support a current diagnosis of chronic UTIs or any residual effects from her in-service scars.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a present diagnosis of recurrent UTIs, nor did it indicate that any current scar was related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent urinary tract infections, scar of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19148494
What this means for you
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