The Veteran's service connection claim for sterility and/or impotency due to herbicide exposure is denied as there is no credible evidence of DDT exposure in service, and the condition is not shown to be related to such exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no competent credible evidence that the Veteran was exposed to DDT in service or that his sterility and/or impotency are due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- sterility, impotency
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2016
- Citation
- 1612586
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed sterility, specifically related to his service-connected PTSD with alcohol use disorder. The case will be returned for further development and consideration.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for sterility was withdrawn by the Veteran's representative and is therefore dismissed.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for sterility, to include as secondary to service-connected PTSD with alcohol use disorder for another VA examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for sterility, as there has not been substantial compliance with previous remand directives.
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