The Board denied service connection for dyspareunia, sexual aversion disorder, and vaginismus but granted service connection for urinary incontinence as a result of the aggravation of dyspareunia.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's dyspareunia aggravated her urinary incontinence, leading to its grant, while other conditions were denied due to lack of evidence supporting their presence or relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- dyspareunia, left arm lipoma, sexual aversion disorder, to include hypoactive sexual desire disorder, vaginismus, urinary incontinence
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25046105
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 719 · Granted: 54% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for gynecological disorders, including endometrial ovarian cysts, dysmenorrhea, and dyspareunia is granted. The effective date is set at June 5, 2019.
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