The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a hysterectomy and denied service connection for a gynecological disability, including abnormal cells necessitating colposcopy and cryosurgery. The Veteran's Bartholin’s cyst is not entitled to an initial compensable evaluation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the grant of service connection for residuals of a hysterectomy due to the Veteran's active service, but does not support her claims for gynecological disability or Bartholin’s cyst.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a hysterectomy, gynecological disability (including abnormal cells), Bartholin’s cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19195532
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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