The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for postoperative hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, as well as her claim to reopen a previously denied claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD. The heart disorder claim was also denied due to lack of legal merit.
The deciding factor: Service records did not show any chronic disease or injury incurred in service that could be linked to the current conditions. There is no evidence showing continuity of symptoms after discharge, and there is no medical evidence linking the postoperative hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy to a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, heart disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0001950
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