The Veteran's interstitial cystitis with recurrent urinary tract infection is not rated as compensable due to the lack of evidence showing she requires suppressive drug therapy lasting 6 months or longer for her recurrent UTIs, nor does she have a voiding dysfunction that meets the criteria for a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The medical examination results found no need for suppressive antibiotic therapy lasting 6 months or longer or any other symptoms meeting the criteria for a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Interstitial cystitis, Recurrent urinary tract infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24075069
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,185 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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