The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The claim of entitlement to service connection for lower abdominal pelvic pain is reopened and the Veteran's claim is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the May 2005 rating decision includes a current diagnosis of fibroid tumors in the Veteran's uterus, which relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate her claim of service connection for lower abdominal pelvic pain. The Board finds that the evidence is new and material.
- Claimed conditions
- PID, fibroid tumors
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2016
- Citation
- 1643693
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for fibroid tumors for additional development, specifically an addendum medical opinion.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a low back disability, major depressive disorder, fibroid tumors, and complete and total hysterectomy due to concurrent elections of review requests.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for fibroid tumors for additional development, including obtaining a new medical opinion that addresses the Veteran's contention that her in-service dysmenorrhea, pelvic cramps, and iron-deficient anemia were indicators that she had undiagnosed fibroids during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for fibroid tumors to obtain additional medical evidence regarding its etiology, particularly in relation to the Veteran's service-connected gynecological disabilities.
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