The Board granted service connection for a genitourinary disability, to include urinary tract infections, as secondary to the Veteran's already service-connected urinary incontinence.
The deciding factor: The weight of the evidence supports that the Veteran's genitourinary disability, including urinary tract infections, are proximately due to her service-connected urinary incontinence.
- Claimed conditions
- genitourinary disability, to include urinary tract infections
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 22, 2024
- Citation
- 24003126
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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