The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that a gynecological disorder, manifested by menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea and salpingitis, was incurred in or aggravated by active duty.
The deciding factor: There is no persuasive and competent evidence that the claimed conditions may be associated with the veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Menorrhagia, Dysmenorrhea, Salpingitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2009
- Citation
- 0902249
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Decisions by this judge: 2,036 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and remanded the claims for menorrhagia, adenomyosis, and hysterectomy due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
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