The Board has determined that the Veteran's HPV infection, diagnosed six months after service separation, is related to her military service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion established by at least as likely as not that the Veteran contracted an HPV infection during active duty, based on a reasonable doubt resolution in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- HPV infection, OB/GYN condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1233294
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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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