The Board has granted service connection for chronic urinary tract infections, finding that the Veteran's recurrent UTIs are related to her military service and resolving reasonable doubt in her favor.
The deciding factor: The Board found a nexus between the Veteran's service-connected acute cystitis (UTI) during active duty and her current chronic urinary tract infections, granting service connection based on direct evidence of a link to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Urinary Tract Infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2026
- Citation
- A26027289
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