The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left orchiectomy, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service injury to his left testicle and thus unable to establish a nexus between any current condition and service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding of an in-service injury to the Veteran's left testicle, as evidenced by the absence of complaints or findings related to a left testicular condition during service and the undescended nature of his left testicle at separation.
- Claimed conditions
- left orchiectomy (removal of left testicle), testicular condition, undescended left testicle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2009
- Citation
- 0947271
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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