The Board has determined that the Veteran's ovarian cancer, which was present during service, is service-connected.
The deciding factor: The Board found reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran and granted her claim based on the presence of her condition during service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of ovarian cancer, status post total abdominal hysterectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20005308
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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 compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for residuals of ovarian cancer due to alleged negligent care, as a corrective opinion is needed.
- Dismissed
Your claim for service connection for status post total abdominal hysterectomy and oophorectomy, status post ovarian malignancy has been fully granted in a February 2023 rating decision. As the benefit sought is no longer before the Board, your case is dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for residuals of ovarian cancer, back disability, right lower extremity neuropathy, and left lower extremity neuropathy due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran. The claims are being remanded for additional medical opinions regarding the relationship between these conditions and service.
- Granted
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.
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