The Board found that appellant did not develop any additional disability as a result of her mastectomy performed at a VA facility in July 1995.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examiner determined there was no change from previous predictions regarding the development of additional disability.
- Claimed conditions
- mastectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2004
- Citation
- 0410117
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