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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19145901
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Decisions by this judge: 2,480 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's male infertility, which may be related to service or his service-connected conditions.
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