The Board has determined that the appellant's bilateral defective hearing and testicular carcinoma were not incurred or aggravated by service, and thus denied these claims. The appellant was also denied entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of a creative organ and an initial rating higher than 10 percent for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a nexus between the appellant's current hearing loss disability and service, nor could it be presumed due to exposure to herbicides. The appellant's testicular carcinoma was also not shown to have been incurred in or aggravated by service. The Board found that there was no credible evidence linking these conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral defective hearing, testicular carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1009313
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