The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for male infertility disability and subfertility due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, finding no current disability associated with infertility.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence of infertility or subfertility in service or post-service that is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- male infertility
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19145901
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
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