The Board has determined that the appellant does not have an adjudicated service-connected disability for which he was discharged from service, and therefore is not entitled to VA pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The appellant's discharge was due to a pre-existing condition unrelated to his military service, and no service-connected disability was established in his final claims decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral atrophic testicles with right testes undescended, corneal transplant
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1022169
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