The Board has decided that the veteran's claims for increased ratings are denied, and her claims to reopen previously denied service connection claims have been granted. The veteran is now entitled to a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of a cyst of the right wrist, but no compensable rating for postoperative residuals of a cyst of the left labia. Her previously denied claims for chemical burns of the scalp, miscarriage, back pain, chronic vaginal infections, uterine fibroids, and PTSD have been reopened.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for increased ratings under the applicable rating criteria. However, her new and material evidence has been presented to reopen previously denied claims of service connection for chemical burns of the scalp, miscarriage, back pain, chronic vaginal infections, uterine fibroids, and PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of a cyst of the left labia, residuals of a cyst of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2008
- Citation
- 0803630
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