The Board found no credible evidence of an in-service injury and concluded that the Veteran's current groin and testicular conditions are not related to his service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a negative nexus opinion, noting inconsistencies between the Veteran's account of his claimed in-service injury and his current urological diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- Groin injury, Testicular pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2017
- Citation
- 1709034
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