The Board granted service connection for residuals of a left testicle disability and assigned an initial 10 percent rating, effective March 31, 1997. The veteran's right testicle disability was previously rated as part of his left testicle disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence of urinary tract infections, voiding dysfunction, or neurological pathology in the left testicle condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left testicle disability, right testicle disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0619839
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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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases of erectile dysfunction and right testicle disability for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and an opinion on whether these conditions are related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a right testicle disability to obtain additional evidence and an adequate medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a respiratory disorder and dismissed the claims for urinary tract infection, right testicle disability, and pseudofolliculitis barbae as there is no longer an issue of fact or law before the Board.
- Granted
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