The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial, compensable rating for status post inguinal hernia and service connection for a left testis condition. The only residual from his in-service right orchiectomy was noted as a nonsymptomatic groin scar.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of recurrent hernia or any current residuals of the in-service surgeries, including the right orchiectomy and left testis condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Status post inguinal hernia, Right orchiectomy, Left testis condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2007
- Citation
- 0708055
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