The Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for chronic low back injury residuals and chronic urinary tract infections have been granted. The claim for dysmenorrhea remains pending.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the medical evidence showing chronic conditions during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic low back injury residuals, chronic urinary tract infections, dysmenorrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1031344
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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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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for endometriosis effective July 2, 2021, but denied an increased rating and earlier effective date for dysmenorrhea.
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