The Board denied service connection for urinary tract infections and remanded issues regarding increased disability ratings for lumbosacral strain, right knee, and left knee.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a current or chronic recurrent UTI during the appeal period, and there was no medical evidence of a current or chronic condition in the knees or back that met the criteria for the assigned disability ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- urinary tract infections, lumbosacral strain (previously low back pain), retropatellar pain syndrome, right knee, retropatellar pain syndrome, left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20010320
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