The veteran's varicocele has been rated as noncompensable, and the Board finds that a compensable rating is not warranted.,Service connection for bilateral hip replacement and bilateral knee condition cannot be established due to lack of evidence of in-service injury or disease.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing an in-service injury or disease related to the veteran's bilateral hip replacement and bilateral knee conditions, and the nearly twenty-six year period without any complaints or treatment for these conditions weighs against the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- varicocele, IgM nephropathy with focal sclerosing glomerulonephritis, bilateral hip replacement, bilateral knee condition, right foot disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2007
- Citation
- 0733207
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