The veteran's ovarian cysts and adhesions, with right salpingectomy and oophorectomy, are currently rated at 10 percent from June 1, 2003 onwards. The claim for an increased rating is denied.
The deciding factor: The current symptomatology of the veteran's condition does not warrant a higher rating as it is related to endometriosis and spontaneous abortions rather than the residuals of ovarian cysts and adhesions.
- Claimed conditions
- ovarian cysts, adhesions, right salpingectomy, oophorectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0623702
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,547 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's sinusitis is granted a 10 percent rating, but no higher.,Her ovarian cysts are denied a compensable rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for hysterectomy, finding that her hysterectomy is etiologically related to her in-service pelvic pain and ovarian cysts.
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