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
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied. The request to readjudicate the left knee and right testicle disability claims is granted, but the low back disability claim remains denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional development, including examinations and medical records review. The TDIU claim is also remanded.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left testicle disability, finding that it is at least as likely as not incurred in service.
- 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.
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