The Board denied service connection for a urinary disorder, but did not address secondary service connection for fibromyalgia. The Veteran's arguments do not meet the criteria for CUE.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence supported a finding of direct service connection and did not consider secondary service connection due to lack of substantial compliance with remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- urinary disorder, urethritis, bladder infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2020
- Citation
- 20008441
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