The Board has granted service connection for a menstrual disorder as a qualifying chronic disability under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.317, and found that new and material evidence had been received to reopen claims for service connection for weakness (previously claimed as due to Gulf War Syndrome) and migraine headaches (previously claimed as due to Gulf War Syndrome).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's menstrual disorder is a qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317, and the new evidence received since the February 1999 rating decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating her claims for service connection for weakness and migraine headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- menstrual disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2016
- Citation
- 1621792
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What this means for you
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