The Board has granted service connection for menorrhagia and a right eye condition, finding that both conditions were incurred in service.
The deciding factor: Service records document the Veteran's complaints of abnormal bleeding and traumatic injuries to her eyes during active duty. The VA examiners provided opinions supporting these findings.
- Claimed conditions
- menorrhagia, right eye condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0942506
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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.
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, left eye vision problems, and right eye condition.
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