The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between these conditions and her military service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was not established as the preponderance of the evidence did not show any relationship between the claimed conditions and active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chiari I malformation, sinusitis, allergies to latex, metal, certain foods, and numerous drugs, vaginitis, acne, chronic skin disorder manifested by dry skin, pharyngitis (gag reflex, chronic sore throat, difficulty swallowing), abdominal disorder (left lower quadrant pain), chronic foot disability (swollen feet), allergic rhinitis, chronic bronchitis (dyspnea and upper respiratory infections), IBS (colon problems, gastroenteritis, chronic constipation), bronchial asthma, migraine headaches with photosensitivity, neurocognitive disorder with short-term memory loss, acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD and depression with mood swings), temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome, chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs), neurogenic bladder with incontinence, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with dysphagia, liver cysts, sleep apnea, cysts of the breast, phlebitis of the pelvis with pain, uterine fibroids with dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, hysterectomy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19141011
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