The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for SMC on account of loss of a creative organ was denied. The decision concluded that the September 1948 and December 1987 rating decisions were not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.
The deciding factor: The law and regulations in effect at the time did not provide for SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ, and the veteran's claim was considered abandoned due to his failure to submit medical evidence within one year after being requested by the RO.
- Claimed conditions
- Testicular Atrophy, Loss of Use of a Creative Organ
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0019566
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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