The Board has granted service connection for IBS and assigned a 10 percent disability rating, effective March 5, 2002. The veteran's claims for endometriosis and dysmenorrhea secondary to endometriosis are pending.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that it was unlikely that the veteran's diagnosis of endometriosis with dysmenorrhea after separating from service was related to her in-service complaints of amenorrhea, but did not consider her treatment for dysmenorrhea during service when reaching a conclusion.
- Claimed conditions
- IBS, endometriosis, dysmenorrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0629743
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