The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current disability of PID, and therefore cannot establish service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence of current PID in the record, and the veteran's lay opinion without more is insufficient to meet the criteria for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- PID
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2005
- Citation
- 0533043
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to conflicting medical opinions and the need for additional information regarding the Veteran's PID diagnosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for PID, hysterectomy, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to in-service conditions. The claims are intertwined as the outcome of one could affect another.
- Granted
The Veteran's PID, secondary infertility, adhesions with abdominal pain, and left salpingostomy are rated at a 10 percent rating since May 6, 2015.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PID and has denied service connection for PID. The issues of service connection for abdominal pain and a skin disorder, to include hives are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions.
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