The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for ovarian cancer, status post hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, as it found no evidence to support a causal relationship between her use of a Dalkon Shield IUD and her diagnosed condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners opined that the use of a Dalkon Shield IUD could not be associated etiologically with ovarian cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- ovarian cancer, status post hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0629156
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