The Veteran's appeal of service connection and SMC for female sexual arousal disorder, as well as her gynecological disorder other than female sexual disorder (including residuals of a hysterectomy), is dismissed. The Veteran's migraine headaches are granted an initial 30% disability evaluation, but denied any increase in rating. Service connection for the Veteran's bladder disorder is also denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that service connection was not warranted for the gynecological disorders and bladder disorder due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service or service-connected residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- Female Sexual Arousal Disorder, Gynecological Disorder (other than Female Sexual Disorder), Bladder Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22048926
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's female sexual arousal disorder and gastritis were both found to be related to service. The appeal for gastritis was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of her appeal during a hearing.
- Granted
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of June 28, 2023 for the award of service connection for Female Sexual Arousal Disorder and Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of a creative organ.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person due to her service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for acne, a bladder disorder, and a headache disorder as they are not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during the Veteran's military service.
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