The Veteran's pelvic inflammatory disease is manifested by severe symptoms not controlled by continuous treatment, warranting a 30% disability rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PID was found to cause severe effects on her activities of daily living and was not improved by treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1213749
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation 1213749.
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to missing personnel records and unverified stressors, as well as the need for new examinations to determine service connection for acquired psychiatric disability and PID.
- Granted
The Veteran's PID and PTSD were found to be incurred during active military service.
- Denied
The veteran's unauthorized medical services provided at Manatee Memorial Hospital were denied reimbursement as they did not meet the criteria for payment or reimbursement under VA regulations.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
Free starter guide for your own claim
Reading this because you were denied or under-rated? Get the plain-English next steps — your appeal options, the deadline that protects you, and how appeals like yours turn out. One email, no spam.
We will only use this to send the guide. No spam, unsubscribe any time. We never sell your information.
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.