The Board has granted service connection for a left hip disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected benign hyperpituitarism. The Board also remanded the issues of service connection for benign neoplasms of the genitourinary system, claimed as benign neoplasms of the bilateral kidneys and testicles, due to potential exposure to herbicides during service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left hip disability is found to be secondary to his service-connected benign hyperpituitarism. The Board also remanded for further examination regarding the Veteran's claimed neoplasms of the genitourinary system as it may be related to in-service herbicide exposure, but no current diagnoses were established.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip disability, benign neoplasms of the genitourinary system (claimed as benign neoplasms of the bilateral kidneys), benign neoplasms of the genitourinary system (claimed as benign neoplasms of the testicles)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20009650
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