The Board has determined that the veteran's gynecological disorders, including uterine prolapse, hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, colporrhaphy, and pelvic adhesions with lower quadrant pain are not related to her period of active service. The appendectomy scar is also not productive of any functional impairment or symptomatology warranting a compensable evaluation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support the veteran's claim that her gynecological disorders were caused by her in-service appendectomy and subsequent surgeries, nor does it establish that she has residual symptoms from the appendectomy scar.
- Claimed conditions
- Gynecological Disorders, Appendectomy, Fracture of the Right Fourth Finger
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0114417
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