The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a venereal disease, including HPV and penile condyloma. The appeal is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence was provided to establish a link between the claimed conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- human papilloma virus (HPV), penile condyloma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2016
- Citation
- 1602952
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