The Board found that the Veteran's cervical cancer was not related to her service, as there was no evidence of dysplasia or cancer until many years after separation and a VA examiner concluded that cervical cancer is not caused by birth control pills taken in service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against a finding of service connection for the Veteran's cervical cancer due to lack of evidence showing its onset during service or within a reasonable time thereafter, and no competent medical evidence linking it to any incident of service including use of birth control pills.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0908862
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Decisions by this judge: 2,500 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that service connection is granted for fibromyalgia and tinnitus. The remaining claims of service connection for a back disorder, bilateral knee disorder, bilateral hip disorder, and cervical cancer are remanded due to procedural errors.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional VA examinations to assess the current severity of her service-connected disabilities. The issues remain on appeal as they have not been finally decided.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 8, 2022, for the award of service connection for cervical cancer and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of a creative organ.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for cervical cancer on a basis other than pursuant to the PACT Act was dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction.
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