The Board denied service connection for low testosterone, finding that it did not have onset during active service and is not otherwise related to active service or a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: Low testosterone was found less likely than not related to the resolved varicocele or spermatocele status post-spermatocelectomy
- Claimed conditions
- Low testosterone
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18135550
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