The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for endometriosis with adhesions, increased evaluations for pituitary adenoma and ovarian cysts. The appeals were not about service connection at all.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a link between the claimed conditions and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Endometriosis with adhesions, Pituitary adenoma with hyperprolactinemia with galactorrhea, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, menorrhalgia, with chronic pelvic pain, Ovarian cysts
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0110782
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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