The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of pulmonary embolism, finding that it is secondary to her service-connected PCOS.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's use of birth control to treat her PCOS directly caused her pulmonary embolism and thus determined that her condition was secondary to her service-connected PCOS.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary Embolism, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2026
- Citation
- A26021541
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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.
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- Granted
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