The Board has granted service connection for chronic pelvic pain and remanded the issue of service connection for ovarian cancer.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on continuity of symptomatology related to in-service treatment, while the ovarian cancer claim requires further clarification due to conflicting medical opinions and incomplete records.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Pelvic Pain, Ovarian Cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2022
- Citation
- 22036147
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What this means for you
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