The Board denied service connection for adenomyosis and dysmenorrhea, finding insufficient evidence to establish a relationship between the conditions and the Veteran's period of service or her service-connected idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that it is less likely than not that the Veteran's adenomyosis and dysmenorrhea are related to her period of service or her ITP, based on a thorough review of medical literature and the Veteran's medical history.
- Claimed conditions
- adenomyosis, dysmenorrhea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23001840
What this means for you
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