The Veteran's appeal for service connection for early menopause has been withdrawn. The issue of service connection for early arthritis remains under consideration.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for early menopause in October 2011, prior to the Board decision.
- Claimed conditions
- early menopause, early arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2012
- Citation
- 1236799
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable disability rating for early menopause due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for hypertension, reopening of service connection for early menopause, compensable ratings for hemorrhoids and allergic rhinitis due to missing or incomplete treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for early menopause and remanded the issue of service connection for a respiratory disability, to include asthma. The Veteran's claim for early menopause is denied as it is not a compensable condition. For the respiratory disability, additional development is needed to obtain relevant service treatment records.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected left hip disability is denied. The Board also denied the claim for service connection for early menopause, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between her gynecological condition and active duty service or exposure to herbicides, fuel, and gas fumes.
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