The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a menstrual disorder, finding that her condition is not related to her service and does not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection due to an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find objective signs or symptoms which may be manifestations of an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness, and the Veteran's reports were considered subjective. The preponderance of evidence is against a finding that her current menstrual disorder was related to her service.
- Claimed conditions
- menstrual disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19107410
What this means for you
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