The Board has denied all service connection claims due to lack of evidence linking the claimed conditions to service or any presumptive exposure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims for service connection are not supported by competent and credible evidence showing a direct link between his current conditions and his military service, including noise exposure in service.
- Claimed conditions
- right orchiectomy with hernioplasty, left ear hearing loss disability, residuals of a cold injury (disorder of lymph nodes, poor circulation and cramps in lower extremities, and cold feet), prostate disorder, skin rash of the feet, legs, and stomach
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2010
- Citation
- 1018178
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for urinary frequency and a prostate disorder due to inadequate medical evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right ear hearing loss disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives and inadequate medical opinions.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that it is at least as likely as not related to in-service noise exposure.
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