The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for residuals of mumps with loss of use of a creative organ due to lack of evidence showing in-service occurrence and causation.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not submit sufficient medical evidence to establish that he had mumps during service or that his infertility was caused by mumps.
- Claimed conditions
- Infertility, Loss of use of a creative organ
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0018852
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