The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability related to her in-service premature ovarian failure, and therefore service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: The June 2014 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's current condition at age 63 was consistent with natural menopause due to premature ovarian failure treated during active service, and thus no separate disability exists for which service connection could be granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Premature Ovarian Failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2017
- Citation
- 1704946
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's premature ovarian failure is related to her exposure to environmental hazards, specifically burn pits, during service in Southwest Asia. As a result, the claim for service connection for this condition is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for premature ovarian failure and osteoporosis, but has remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral knee disorder due to lack of adequate evidence.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's premature ovarian failure is not related to her military service and therefore denied her claim.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a hysterectomy, finding that it was not related to her service-connected premature ovarian failure and did not meet the requirements for direct or secondary service connection.
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