The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a genitourinary disability due to disease or injury incurred in service, including exposure to herbicides. Therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence linking any current genitourinary disorder to service, including to any herbicides exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- genitourinary disorder, IgA nephropathy, hydroceles, spermatoceles, varicoceles
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0618098
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Decisions by this judge: 1,599 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a genitourinary disorder and sleep apnea are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and consideration of intermediate steps.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected left leg amputation was a contributory cause of his death from renal conditions, and thus grants service connection for the cause of death.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an effective date of August 30, 2016, for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) based on permanent and total disability status.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a genitourinary disorder.
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