The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for prostate cancer with right orchiectomy, including as secondary to his service-connected postoperative left orchiectomy. The evidence did not support a finding that there was any relationship between the prostate cancer and right orchiectomy and his service-connected postoperative left orchiectomy.
The deciding factor: VA examiners expressed opinions that there is no relationship between the veteran's prostate cancer with right orchiectomy and his service-connected postoperative left orchiectomy, and medical evidence did not support a finding of such a connection.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, right orchiectomy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0021107
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