The Veteran's claim for service connection for menstrual disorders, also claimed as PMDD, secondary to her service-connected MDD and PTSD is dismissed.,The Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for MS is dismissed.,New evidence has been received that relates to previously unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the underlying claim for diabetes mellitus type II. The claim will be reopened, but further development is needed before a decision can be made on this issue.,The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of service-connected MDD and PTSD are remanded as less than full grants have been awarded.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea secondary to her service-connected MS, MDD, and PTSD is remanded.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraine headaches secondary to her service-connected MS, MDD, and PTSD is remanded.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for bladder dysfunction secondary to her service-connected MS, MDD, and PTSD is remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been received that relates to previously unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the underlying claim for diabetes mellitus type II. The claim will be reopened, but further development is needed before a decision can be made on this issue.
- Claimed conditions
- menstrual disorders, multiple sclerosis (MS), diabetes mellitus type II
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19178713
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