The Board has determined that the Veteran's hysterectomy, which was performed due to fibroid tumors, is related to her active military service and has granted her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners concluded that the Veteran's current disability (residuals of a hysterectomy) is at least as likely as not related to her military service based on her in-service treatment for symptoms associated with fibroid tumors, which required a total hysterectomy shortly after discharge from service.
- Claimed conditions
- fibroid tumors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2009
- Citation
- 0944000
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for fibroid tumors for additional development, specifically an addendum medical opinion.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a low back disability, major depressive disorder, fibroid tumors, and complete and total hysterectomy due to concurrent elections of review requests.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for fibroid tumors for additional development, including obtaining a new medical opinion that addresses the Veteran's contention that her in-service dysmenorrhea, pelvic cramps, and iron-deficient anemia were indicators that she had undiagnosed fibroids during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for fibroid tumors to obtain additional medical evidence regarding its etiology, particularly in relation to the Veteran's service-connected gynecological disabilities.
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