The Board found that the Veteran does not have chronic vulvovaginitis and denied her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence of a current disability, as well as no continuity of symptomatology following discharge from service.
- Claimed conditions
- vulvovaginitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1002086
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for vulvovaginitis but denied a compensable rating for female sexual arousal disorder and service connection for various other conditions.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for vulvovaginitis has been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for vulvovaginitis has been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for vulvovaginitis, finding that it is not related to her service-connected hysterectomy and does not otherwise relate to an in-service injury or disease.
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