The Veteran's service-connected PID has been rated at 30 percent since February 14, 1997. The disability picture more nearly approximates the criteria for a 30 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experiences recurrent but transient abdominal pain due to her PID that is not controlled by continuous treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- PID
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2012
- Citation
- 1203183
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to conflicting medical opinions and the need for additional information regarding the Veteran's PID diagnosis.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for PID, hysterectomy, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to in-service conditions. The claims are intertwined as the outcome of one could affect another.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's PID, secondary infertility, adhesions with abdominal pain, and left salpingostomy are rated at a 10 percent rating since May 6, 2015.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PID and has denied service connection for PID. The issues of service connection for abdominal pain and a skin disorder, to include hives are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions.
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