The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a currently diagnosed residual disability resulting from her cesarean section during service, and thus denied her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of current residuals of the cesarean section scar or any other related condition.
- Claimed conditions
- cesarean section scar, pelvic adhesions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2013
- Citation
- 1309510
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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 remands the appeal for a medical opinion to determine if any gynecological disorder, including reproductive damage and adhesive disease, is related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's cesarean section scar and remanded the claims for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and insomnia.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hysterectomy and pelvic adhesions to obtain an addendum VA medical opinion.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for vulvovaginitis but denied a compensable rating for female sexual arousal disorder and service connection for various other conditions.
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