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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities from September 20, 2006.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for a VA examination to determine the nature of the Veteran's current gynecological condition, including whether she retains an ovary.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of March 8, 2022, for the grant of a 30 percent rating for ovarian cysts and November 30, 2020, for the grants of service connection for anterior abdominal scar and painful anterior abdominal scar. The claim for special monthly compensation was denied.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU claim for the period from August 17, 2009 to July 20, 2014 was granted due to her service-connected disabilities meeting the schedular criteria and her combined disability rating being at least 40 percent.
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