The Board has remanded the case for readjudication of the initial compensable rating for residuals of stress fracture, left tibia under the new rating criteria. The service connection claim for chronic urinary tract infections remains denied.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis of chronic urinary tract infections began during service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic urinary tract infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2021
- Citation
- 21007954
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for chronic urinary tract infections prior to August 7, 2022, and for acne have been granted. The claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for chronic urinary tract infections, radiculopathy of the left upper extremity, and lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis due to a lack of ascertainable increase in disability within one year prior to November 2, 2016.
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