The Board found no evidence of a chronic right groin condition during or after service, and the Veteran's current symptoms are not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not find any chronic right testicular disease or residuals of an injury in service, and there is no medical evidence linking current symptoms to service.
- Claimed conditions
- right groin condition, left groin condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2013
- Citation
- 1335229
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- Denied
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