The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a gonococcus infection, including loss of a creative organ due to new and material evidence. However, further development is needed before making a decision on the merits.
The deciding factor: New medical opinions suggest a possible link between the veteran's infertility and his military gonorrhea infection, which could be considered in deciding the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- gonococcus infection, loss of a creative organ
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0420745
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted effective dates of March 18, 2022 for the awards of service connection and ratings for various conditions including left upper extremity tremor, right upper extremity tremor, constipation, balance impairment, sexual dysfunction, and loss of a creative organ.
- Denied
The Board denied requests for earlier effective dates for service connection and SMC based on loss of a creative organ, as these grants were assigned the earliest possible effective date following separation from active duty.
- Denied
The Veteran's loss of a creative organ is not due to a service-connected disability, so they are denied SMC-K.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of SMC based on the loss of a creative organ was denied because his Notice of Disagreement (NOD) was untimely.
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