The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for status post vaginal hysterectomy to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error and obtain additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was insufficient as it did not address whether the Veteran's toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) were otherwise related to her second degree uterine prolapse, which led to the hysterectomy, or whether her service-connected PTSD with major depression aggravated her secondary uterine prolapse.
- Claimed conditions
- status post vaginal hysterectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109025
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