The Board has determined that the Veteran's dyspareunia is related to her service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome, and thus grants her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: VA examiners have related the Veteran's dyspareunia to her service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome and resultant sciatica.
- Claimed conditions
- dyspareunia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2013
- Citation
- 1302796
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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
The veteran's claim for service connection for a neck disability and dyspareunia was granted, but the claim for a compensable rating for FSAD was denied.
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