The veteran's testicular cancer, CVA and subdural hematoma are service-connected.
The deciding factor: Service connection for all three disabilities at issue is being granted on a presumptive or secondary basis due to the evidence provided by medical experts.
- Claimed conditions
- testicular cancer, cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and right carotid artery stenosis, residuals of a subdural hematoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2008
- Citation
- 0809975
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for testicular cancer, finding no evidence of an in-service disease or injury and no link to herbicide exposure.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for testicular cancer under the PACT Act, presuming it resulted from in-service exposure to burn pits.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an initial compensable rating for hypertension and the appeals for service connection for hypothyroidism, testicular cancer, colon cancer, and basal cell carcinoma were dismissed due to a violation of the prohibition against simultaneous review of the same claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for testicular cancer due to a need for a new opinion regarding the nexus between the Veteran's in-service toxic exposures and his current condition.
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