The Board has determined that the veteran's bruxism is service-connected and her uterine fibroids/adenomyosis warrant a 30% disability rating. The RO reduced her disability evaluation from 30% to noncompensable, but this decision was not upheld by the Board.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show improvement in the veteran's condition that would warrant restoring the previous 30% disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- bruxism, uterine fibroids/adenomyosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0600455
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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bruxism as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
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