The Veteran's initial claims for an initial compensable disability rating for removal of the left testicle and residuals of testicular cancer, to include retrograde ejaculation have been denied. The evidence does not support a higher evaluation under any applicable diagnostic codes.,VA examinations conducted in February and September 2013 did not disclose any evidence of local recurrence of testicular cancer or metastasis; nor has the Veteran so alleged. These same examination reports were negative for any evidence of renal and voiding dysfunction.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a higher evaluation under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Removal of left testicle, Residuals of testicular cancer, including retrograde ejaculation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2016
- Citation
- 1635124
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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).
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 31, 2001 for a grant of special monthly compensation based on residuals of removal of left testicle.
- Whole decision: Granted
The veteran's service-connected neuralgia due to nerve entrapment of the ilio-inguinal nerve, post left orchiectomy, is rated at 10 percent.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal because the veteran did not timely file a notice of disagreement regarding the October 1993 decision to deny reopening of service connection for removal of left testicle, and thus there was no jurisdiction over this issue.
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