The Board has granted service connection for a total hysterectomy to include residuals, finding that the Veteran's pre-existing pelvic inflammatory disease clearly and unmistakably existed prior to service and was aggravated by her service. The presumption of soundness applies in this case.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s chronic salpingitis (a subset of pelvic inflammatory disease) did not have any increase in severity during service, thus it is presumed that the condition was not aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- Pelvic inflammatory disease, Total hysterectomy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20044054
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