The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for left testicular orchialgia with low sperm count, to include as due to mustard gas exposure. The new evidence submitted does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating this claim.
The deciding factor: The new evidence does not relate the claimed conditions to service on a direct or presumptive basis and is insufficient to establish causality.
- Claimed conditions
- left testicular orchialgia, low sperm count
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0618792
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a testicular disorder to obtain an adequate medical opinion that addresses the article cited by the Veteran's representative.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for a prostate disability, including prostate cancer, elevated prostate specific antigen, and low sperm count, to include as due to radiation exposure. The cause of the Veteran's death is also being remanded.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have any residual disability from a right hydrocelectomy in service, and his current low sperm count is not related to this procedure. Therefore, service connection for residuals of a right hydrocelectomy, including a low sperm count, is denied.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss and several skin disorders. The appeals were reopened on new evidence.
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