The Board denied service connection for sterility and a bilateral hand disorder. The decision is final, and the Veteran's request to reopen his claim of service connection for sterility was denied due to lack of new and material evidence. Service connection for a bilateral hand disorder was also denied.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to reopen the claim of service connection for sterility, and there is no diagnosed disability or history of chronic symptoms associated with a bilateral hand disorder that could be linked to service.
- Claimed conditions
- sterility, bilateral hand disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2011
- Citation
- 1141912
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for sterility was withdrawn by the Veteran's representative and is therefore dismissed.
- Partly granted
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