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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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a direct service connection opinion and an adequate secondary service connection aggravation opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's lumbar spine pain, allergic rhinitis, and recurrent yeast infections. The claims for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder and left knee pain were remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including bilateral hearing loss and various musculoskeletal issues, as well as an initial rating in excess of 0 percent for rhinitis. However, the Board granted a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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