The Board has determined that service connection is warranted for right hydrocele, as evidenced by a history of testicular torsion and subsequent diagnosis of right hydrocele. Service connection was denied for sinusitis due to lack of current disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection granted for right hydrocele based on evidence of a diagnosed condition (right hydrocele) related to service-connected testicular torsion, while sinusitis denial is due to the absence of a current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hydrocele
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2013
- Citation
- 1340942
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a current disability due to his in-service right hydrocele, which resolved with treatment. Therefore, service connection for a right hydrocele is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran seeks service connection for a right hydrocele disability. The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of any diagnosed right hydrocele, including whether it is related to or aggravated by service.
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