The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a penile disability and a bilateral testicular disability, including as due to his service-connected lumbosacral spine disability. The evidence did not show any current disabilities attributable to active service or any incident of service.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence showing that the Veteran experienced any current disability due to his claimed penile and bilateral testicular disabilities which is attributable to active service or any incident of service, including as due to a service-connected lumbosacral spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- penile disability, bilateral testicular disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2018
- Citation
- 18154839
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