The Board has granted service connection for menstrual disorder and status post total hysterectomy B salpingectomy, both effective from December 19, 2012.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the PACT Act's provisions for Persian Gulf veterans' conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- menstrual disorder, status post total hysterectomy B salpingectomy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 14, 2026
- Citation
- A26003512
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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