The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome secondary to his service-connected residuals of testicular cancer, an increased rating for residuals of testicular cancer, and a compensable rating for left orchiectomy.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a causal relationship between the Veteran’s service-connected residuals of testicular cancer and his claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), residuals of testicular cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19139671
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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