The veteran's sterility and impotence are found to be secondary to his service-connected malaria. The veteran is also granted a noncompensable rating for his malaria.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's infertility was due to his service-connected malaria, which is considered secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- sterility, impotence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2003
- Citation
- 0306654
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What this means for you
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