The Board granted a rating of 40 percent for bilateral varicocele, effective September 18, 2001. The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date was also granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supported the current disability level and assigned a 40 percent rating based on the severity of the bilateral varicocele.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral varicocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- June 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0617167
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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