The Veteran's service connection claim for infertility and loss of use of a reproductive organ was granted, with an effective date of October 1, 2005. The initial evaluations for GERD (10 percent), bilateral pes planus (0 percent), and yeast infections and vaginitis (0 percent) were also granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's infertility first manifested in service and was not due to pre-existing conditions or other factors, warranting a grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Bilateral pes planus, Yeast infections and vaginitis, Infertility
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1008230
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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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