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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0924308
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's OSA appeal is granted. Service connection for a low sperm count and diabetes mellitus are remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a low sperm count as secondary to the in-service shell fragment wound of the scrotum and an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction was denied as the evidence did not show that he had been diagnosed and manifested to at least a 10 percent disability rating on or prior to May 8, 2001.
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