The Board granted service connection for a left breast disability and a right breast disability, finding that the Veteran's current fibrocystic disease is etiologically related to her active service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran's current bilateral breast fibrocystic disease was at least as likely as not caused by her in-service fibrocystic disease.
- Claimed conditions
- left breast disability, right breast disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016168
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,077 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew all appeals regarding the issues of service connection for traumatic brain injury, increased disability rating for PTSD, compensable ratings for chronic constipation and alopecia, and a compensable rating for right breast disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's respiratory disorder, including bronchitis, sinusitis, COPD, and shortness of breath, is granted service connection.,An effective date of September 26, 2013, for the grant of left breast disability (gynecomastia with gynecomastectomy) is granted.,An earlier effective date than June 30, 1997, for the psychiatric disability (anxiety, depression with PTSD symptoms and alcohol/cocaine abuse) is denied.,The Veteran's initial rating of 30 percent for left breast disability is maintained from July 1, 2014, to May 26, 2014, and then increased to 100 percent effective date of May 27, 2014.,An initial rating of 100 percent for psychiatric disability (anxiety, depression with PTSD symptoms and alcohol/cocaine abuse) is granted.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left breast disability due to lack of current evidence and because there is no indication in the record that the Veteran has a current disability related to his military service.
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