The Board has granted a separate rating of 20 percent for bilateral ovarian atrophy coincident with service-connected status post total abdominal hysterectomy, effective June 7, 2010. The claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for residuals of a total abdominal hysterectomy is denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the finding that the Veteran's ovarian disorder is at least as likely as not a residual of her in-service hysterectomy and that the ovaries were reduced in size due to the May 2002 hysterectomy, leading to atrophy. The Board granted a separate rating for this condition based on its presence greater than one year prior to the date of claim.
- Claimed conditions
- ovarian disorder, status post total abdominal hysterectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19185952
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Decisions by this judge: 1,030 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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