Your claim for service connection for a gynecological disability has been granted, and you are now receiving benefits. The appeal is dismissed as your request for this benefit has already been fulfilled.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for service connection was granted in full by the VA Regional Office, thus making the appeal moot.
- Claimed conditions
- gynecological disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2022
- Citation
- 22070099
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development regarding the service connection claims for adjustment disorder, causalgia, and a gynecological disability. The rating for adjustment disorder remains denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for invasive lobular carcinoma of the right breast, status post bilateral mastectomy and a 10 percent initial rating for right wrist tendonitis. The appeal was denied for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left lower extremity sciatica. Other claims were remanded.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for a gynecological disability, gastrointestinal disability, and genitourinary disability as they were part of an appeal that was already pending.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for low back disability, gynecological disability, and breast cancer due to a lack of evidence demonstrating current disabilities at any time during the appeal period.
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