The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a testicular tumor, finding that the preponderance of the evidence is against his claim and that the May 2020 VA medical advisory opinion provided by a Subject Matter Expert from the Camp Lejeune Contaminated Water Project supports this conclusion.
The deciding factor: The May 2020 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's confirmed testicular tumor was less likely as not caused by or related to his exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, based on lack of information on personal risk factors and absence of more detailed medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- testicular tumor
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22003600
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