The Board has denied service connection for early menopause and remanded the issue of service connection for a respiratory disability, to include asthma. The Veteran's claim for early menopause is denied as it is not a compensable condition. For the respiratory disability, additional development is needed to obtain relevant service treatment records.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's menopause was natural and therefore not a disease or injury for VA compensation purposes, thus denying service connection. The respiratory disability claim requires obtaining missing service treatment records from her period of service in Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield.
- Claimed conditions
- early menopause, respiratory disability (asthma)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20060188
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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