The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected Bartholin's cyst, effective from when the claim was filed.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supported the need for a higher rating based on the frequency of absorbent materials required to manage the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Bartholin's cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 30, 2007
- Citation
- 0727155
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for Bartholin's cyst and an increased rating for chronic iritis, finding no evidence to support these claims.
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