The Board denied service connection for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) with urethral hypermobility as secondary to service-connected recurrent UTIs, finding that the Veteran's SUI is not related to her active duty service or service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s SUI is less likely related to her active duty service and more likely due to a multifactor cause including urethral hypermobility and intrinsic sphincteric deficiency, which was outside the competence of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- stress urinary incontinence (SUI), urethral hypermobility
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178592
What this means for you
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