The Board has granted a 10 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected recurrent yeast infections, effective from the date of the grant of service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran's symptoms required continuous medical treatment and were alleviated by such treatment, warranting a 10 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 7611.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent yeast infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0119152
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance or by reason of being housebound was denied as she does not meet the criteria for either benefit.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for myocardial infarction/heart artery spasms, migraine headaches, and recurrent yeast infections due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to active duty.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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