The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, finding that her claim was not well-grounded.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a nexus between any in-service gynecological issues and the current conditions requiring surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0013329
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What this means for you
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