The Board has determined that the Veteran's UTI is not related to service and denied her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no evidence linking the current UTI to service or a service-connected disability, and provided thorough rationales for their conclusions.
- Claimed conditions
- UTI
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2023
- Citation
- 23047174
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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