The Board has granted service connection for pelvic congestion-fibrosis syndrome with endometriosis, finding that the Veteran's current disability is at least as likely as not related to her complaints during service.,For all other conditions, the Board denied service connection due to lack of a current diagnosis or functional impairment equivalent thereto.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s pelvic congestion-fibrosis syndrome with endometriosis first manifested during service and is causally related to her complaints during service.
- Claimed conditions
- shin splints of the left lower leg, shin splits of the right lower leg, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, right hamstring disability, pelvic congestion-fibrosis syndrome with endometriosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159357
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