The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected atrophic vaginitis due to continuous treatment required.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requires continuous hormone replacement therapy to control symptoms of her surgically-induced menopause, including atrophic vaginitis.
- Claimed conditions
- atrophic vaginitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097658
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 998 · Granted: 40% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disability of the left upper extremity was reopened and granted.,Other claims were remanded due to lack of complete application forms.,Service connection was restored for stress headaches, hypertension, valvular heart disease (mitral valve prolapse), iron deficiency anemia, allergic rhinitis, right shoulder sprain/strain, left shoulder sprain/strain, neck sprain and strain, right knee sprain/strain, left knee sprain/strain, right ankle sprain, right hallux valgus, left eye cortical cataract, acne, atrophic vaginitis, and OSA with CPAP.,The Veteran's service connection for fusion of the right fourth finger distal interphalangeal joint was denied as clearly erroneous.
- Denied
The Board finds that the Veteran's vaginitis is not related to her active duty service and does not have a current diagnosis of atrophic vaginitis due to post-menopausal state. The claim for service connection for vaginitis has been denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for vaginitis is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and opinion regarding her current diagnoses of vaginitis.
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