The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for pelvic endometriosis is denied.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for Graves' disease, colitis, cervical spine/neck disability, back disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, left lower leg/shin disability, and right lower leg/shin disability is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not reflect lesions involving bowel or bladder confirmed by laparoscopy and bowel or bladder symptoms related to her endometriosis.,Audiometric testing failed to show that the Veteran has a hearing disability in either ear for VA purposes.,The Veteran did not have diagnoses of Graves' disease, colitis, cervical spine/neck disability, back disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, or left lower leg/shin disability despite medical findings and her lay statements.
- Claimed conditions
- Pelvic endometriosis, Graves' disease, Cardiological disability (high blood pressure, hypertension, heart palpitations, and/or chest pain), Colitis, Cervical spine/neck disability, Back disability, Left shoulder disability, Right shoulder disability, Left lower leg/shin disability, Right lower leg/shin disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2022
- Citation
- 22001989
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What this means for you
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