The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left testicular disability and cancer due to lack of evidence linking his current condition to service, including exposure at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that there was no evidence of a testicular injury during service or any link between the current testicular disability and service.
- Claimed conditions
- left testicular disability, left testicular cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21021264
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