The Board found that the Veteran's hysterectomy and subsequent residuals are not attributable to her service-connected disability, and thus denied both her claim for service connection and her request for a temporary total evaluation based on convalescence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's hysterectomy was less likely caused by her service-connected PID, and there is no evidence of continuity of symptoms related to uterine polyps or PID after discharge from active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a hysterectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1007722
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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