The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for right testicle removal due to carcinoma and soft tissue sarcoma are not well grounded, as there is no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to his period of active duty or to exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The post-service VA and private medical evidence does not link the veteran's reported right testicle removal due to carcinoma and soft tissue sarcoma to service and/or AO exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Testicle Removal due to Carcinoma, Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0009400
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