The Board has granted service connection for right testicle atrophy as due to service-connected retroperitoneal fibrosis with left kidney removal and stent on the right.,The Veteran is also awarded a compensable disability rating of 30 percent for his service-connected left testicle atrophy, effective December 28, 2016.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on secondary service connection due to the service-connected retroperitoneal fibrosis causing right testicle atrophy.
- Claimed conditions
- Encephalitis, Retroperitoneal fibrosis with left kidney removal and stent on the right
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1739809
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