The Board has determined that the veteran's service connection claim for residuals of a right orchiectomy is denied as there was no evidence of aggravation during service and the procedure was performed to ameliorate an existing condition.
The deciding factor: The undescended right testicle pre-existed service, and while surgery was performed in-service, it was not shown to be aggravated by service. The veteran's orchiectomy was deemed a routine elective procedure with no evidence of aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Orchiectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2005
- Citation
- 0514405
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