The Board has dismissed the appeal for service connection for menstrual disorders as the RO granted service connection for menstrual disorders including oligomenorrhea, infertility, and uterine polyps in a February 2024 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The grant of service connection for menstrual disorders, which includes oligomenorrhea, infertility, and uterine polyps, represents a full grant of benefits sought on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- female infertility, ovarian condition secondary to female infertility, uterus (disease, injury, or adhesions of) secondary to female infertility
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2024
- Citation
- 24009684
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Denied
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