The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for vaginal and breast cysts, finding that there is no evidence to support these conditions began during her military service or are related to any in-service injury or disease.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no objective medical evidence of a current condition and concluded that the Veteran’s reported symptoms were more likely due to general constitution, environmental factors, and past surgeries rather than an in-service event.
- Claimed conditions
- vaginal cyst, breast cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20042327
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