The Board has granted a rating of 10 percent for the residuals of a left testicular injury, which is more nearly approximates intermittent intensive management.
The deciding factor: The disability picture more nearly approximates the criterion for a 10 percent rating by analogy to an urinary tract infection (Diagnostic Code 7525), requiring intermittent intensive management.
- Claimed conditions
- left testicular injury, atrophy of left testicle, orchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2009
- Citation
- 0937404
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for compensable initial disability ratings for allergic rhinitis, orchitis, recurrent hemorrhoids, and hyperflexibility of the bilateral ring fingers and little fingers.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate compliance with previous directives, particularly regarding an addendum opinion on the nature and etiology of the Veteran's prostatitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service-connected atrophy of the left testicle, including a request for earlier effective dates and an increased rating. The Veteran also needs further examination regarding his right testicle condition and any potential psychiatric impairment.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's orchitis and residual tender scar have been granted a compensable disability rating, but the increase rating for the residual tender scar and denial of the right upper scrotum scar remain.
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