The Board denied a compensable disability rating for left epididymitis, finding that the veteran's service-connected condition did not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on its severity.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show that the veteran's left epididymitis required long-term drug therapy or frequent hospitalizations, which are necessary to warrant a compensable disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- left epididymitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0429280
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