The Board has determined that the Veteran's right testicle disability, specifically his diagnosed condition of right testicular atrophy, was not incurred in or caused by his period of military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that it was less likely as not (less than 50% probability) that the Veteran's testicular atrophy was related to his in-service hernia procedure.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Testicle Atrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 24, 2013
- Citation
- 1342619
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to issues related to left testicle varicocele, benign prostate hypertrophy and urinary disability. The TDIU claim is also remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected right testicle atrophy was not found to warrant a compensable rating from March 4, 1988, to January 29, 1990.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right testicle disability, finding that the Veteran's current atrophy of the right testicle is related to his in-service symptoms and not due to his service-connected left testicular atrophy with peyronie's disease. The other issues were not addressed as they are part of the remand process.
- Granted
The veteran's right testicle atrophy and loss of use of a creative organ are granted effective September 23, 1966.
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