The Board has determined that the Veteran's pelvic floor disability, including pelvic floor dysfunction and pelvic floor spasm, had its onset during service. Therefore, the claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current pelvic floor disability involved the same symptom of pelvic floor pain as she experienced in service and had its onset during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Pelvic floor dysfunction, Pelvic floor spasm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2026
- Citation
- A26019976
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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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- Granted
The Veteran's urinary incontinence and bacterial vaginitis have been granted service connection, a temporary total disability rating for surgery convalescence, and an initial 30 percent disability rating for bacterial vaginitis. The effective date for the service connection is June 19, 2020.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and a compensable rating, as well as an initial compensable rating for pelvic floor dysfunction.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's service connection claims for pelvic floor dysfunction and drug induced constipation have been dismissed. An initial 40 percent rating has been granted for his low back disability, but the claim is denied for higher ratings prior to July 22, 2022, and from that date onwards. The right hip disability claim remains pending.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's service connection claims for pelvic floor dysfunction, low back disorder, and hypertension are not granted. The case is being sent back to the RO for further development.
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