The veteran seeks increased evaluations for service-connected conditions and service connection for various other disorders. The Board finds that further development is needed to address the relationship between her claimed conditions and active service, as well as any new evidence submitted.
The deciding factor: Further evaluation of medical records and opinions are necessary to determine the etiology of the veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- scarred tubal tissues, blood in urine, abnormal pregnancies, early menopause, hormonal imbalance, ovarian cyst, ovarian failure
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2004
- Citation
- 0428961
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable disability rating for early menopause due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to various disability ratings and service connection for further development, as the current evidence is incomplete.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral eye condition and an ovarian cyst, but remanded claims for service connection for right hip, right knee, right ankle, bilateral foot, respiratory conditions, and migraine headaches.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hysterectomy, ovarian cyst, and salpingitis as they are inextricably intertwined with each other.
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