The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for fibrocystic breast disease and determined that it was incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established that the veteran had fibrocystic breast disease which was diagnosed during her active duty, and thus is considered a developmental condition rather than a disease.
- Claimed conditions
- fibrocystic breast disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0218271
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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