The Veteran's claims for service connection for left testicle removal and reopening the claim were denied. The Veteran also did not meet the criteria for SMC based on anatomical loss, and his chronic conjunctivitis was found to be at its current level of severity.,The Veteran's service-connected chronic conjunctivitis is currently rated as 10 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: Service connection for left testicle removal was denied because the evidence did not show that the condition was incurred or aggravated by military service. The claim to reopen the issue of entitlement to service connection for left testicle removal was also denied due to lack of new and material evidence.,The Veteran's chronic conjunctivitis is currently rated as 10 percent disabling based on its current level of severity.
- Claimed conditions
- left testicle removal, chronic conjunctivitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1015112
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- Partly granted
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