The Board has remanded both issues of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for chronic UTIs and entitlement to an effective date prior to April 23, 2014, for chronic UTIs due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.
The deciding factor: The RO did not comply with the previous remand Order as there is no indication in the file that the Veteran was notified of the scheduled examination.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic urinary tract infection (UTI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2024
- Citation
- 24004380
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 696 · Granted: 63% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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 a kidney disorder, including chronic urinary tract infection (UTI), pyelonephritis, nephrolithiasis, and medullary sponge kidney (MSK). The evidence did not support finding that these conditions began during service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for a kidney disorder, including chronic UTI, pyelonephritis, nephrolithiasis, and MSK, due to further development needed.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic urinary tract infection is granted. The Veteran's increased disability rating claim for lumbosacral strain is remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for a new VA examination to assess the severity of her chronic UTI disability and for consideration of an earlier effective date.
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