The Veteran's request for a higher rating for her service-connected right palm scar is granted, but the Board has remanded the issue of service connection for recurrent UTIs due to insufficient evidence in the current record.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports are inadequate and do not provide sufficient information regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right palm scar, recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22012509
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or link to active service.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) as there is no current diagnosis of recurrent UTIs and the symptoms do not meet the diagnostic criteria for recurrent UTIs.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's recurrent UTIs are related to her military service. The VA is instructed to obtain an addendum opinion from a VA examiner and consider the Veteran's in-service UTI diagnoses.
- Granted
The Veteran's recurrent UTIs are granted service connection, but her kidney disorder is denied as not related to service.
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