The evidence does not support the conclusion that the veteran has a current diagnosis of testicular cancer or any residuals related to service or radiation exposure in service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of testicular cancer or its residuals during service, and no nexus opinion relating the condition to service or purported radiation exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of testicular cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0901904
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Decisions by this judge: 1,454 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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