The Board finds that the Veteran's pelvic adhesions were aggravated by her active service, but cannot determine whether her endometriosis was aggravated or worsened during service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found it impossible to determine if the Veteran's pelvic adhesions were progressively worsened during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- endometriosis, pelvic adhesions
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2015
- Citation
- 1520027
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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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- Dismissed
The Veteran requested to withdraw her appeal regarding the combination of evaluations for endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and bilateral cysts with one 30 percent rating. The Board dismissed this issue as withdrawn.
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