The Board found that the Veteran's low sperm count is not due to herbicide exposure or any other event of his period of active service. The appeal was denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find a link between the Veteran's current condition and his in-service exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Low sperm count
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0924308
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board found no evidence of a current disability involving low sperm count and concluded that the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus is not related to his exposure to herbicides. Therefore, the claim for service connection for a claimed low sperm count as due to herbicide exposure was denied.
- Granted
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