Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection for urinary tract infection is remanded due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error in the medical opinions provided.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the medical opinions of record are insufficient to determine whether the Veteran's UTI is a distinct disability or a symptom of another condition, and if it is a distinct disability, whether it was caused by or aggravated by his service-connected gout or nephrolithiasis.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary tract infection
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25099920
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