The Board has determined that the veteran's service connection claim for residuals of PID, formerly considered as dysmenorrhea, is granted.
The deciding factor: PID in-service was likely related to development of painful pelvic adhesions.
- Claimed conditions
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Dysmenorrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0800224
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for service-connected female sexual arousal disorder and remanded the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for dysmenorrhea due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for service-connected allergic rhinitis and remanded claims for service connection for dysmenorrhea, constipation, and a TDIU.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for incontinence s/p D&C (also claimed as recurring UTI's; Dysmenorrhea) was received on August 25, 2008. The effective date of service connection is set at that time due to the lack of prior claims and the fact that no other earlier dates are legally permissible.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disability and has remanded the issue of service connection for dysmenorrhea, attributing it to a secondary basis. The case is now pending further development.
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