The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including endometriosis and chronic constipation, have rendered her unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude gainful employment consistent with her education and occupational experience.
- Claimed conditions
- endometriosis with vaginismus, pelvic pain, endometrial lesions on bladder, chronic constipation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2021
- Citation
- 21062478
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
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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